The Richmond is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.2072, -117.28860
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Richmond MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Richmond
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Chlorite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO IN SEC 6, T38-N-RJ2E
References
Reference (Deposit): ALSO IN SEC 6,T38N-R42E
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964 TB 6
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 44,1946,P.19-20,PL.9
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 725-D,1921,P.302-304
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 431,1964,P110-111,121,PL.10
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.
