The Richmond Mine is a iron mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Richmond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Richmond Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): (LOCATIONS IN CRIB FILE DO NOT COINCIDE
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CRIB FILE
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING; 1962 ; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
