The Riley is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.19097, -117.25112
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Riley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Riley
Secondary: Dernan Property
Secondary: Reilly Mine
Secondary: Riley Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Co.
Home Office: Grand Junction, Colorado
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1956
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 6250 Annual Conc. Output (71%)
Year: 1955
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 9950 Annual Conc. Output (64%)
Year: 1954
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 5470 Annual Conc. Output (71%)
Year: 1953
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 5470 Annual Conc. Output (71%)
Year: 1952
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 800 Annual Conc. Output (71%)
Year: 1948
Description: U.S. Dollars(Estimated) 49000 Total Produce Value ($)
Year: 1947
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 21640 Annual Conc. Output (14%)
Year: 1946
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 21440 Annual Conc. Output (13%)
Year: 1945
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 1250 Annual Conc. Output (68%)
Year: 1944
Description: U.S. Dollars(Estimated) 773000 Total Product Value ($)
Year: 1943
Description: Short Tons Of Concentrate Recovered 1200 Annual Conc. Output (65%)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Wollastonite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59, TABLE 19.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING,J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, P.22.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN,A.H., AND BERGENDAHL,M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 182.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ,P.E., AND WILDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLT COUNTY NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431, 128P.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES,G.H., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE RILEY TUNGSTEN MINE HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3945, 7P.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS,S.W. AND CLABAUGH,S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 44, P. 21-24.
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.
