Richmond-Eureka Mine

The Richmond-Eureka Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Richmond-Eureka Mine
Secondary: Richmond Mine
Secondary: Eureka Consolidated

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Normal Faults Served As Channelways

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): APPROXIMATELY 300,000 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED FROM 1871 TO 1939, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF OVER $4 MILLION (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. THE MINE IS ACTUALLY THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE RICHMOND MINE AND THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINE. THE MERGER TOOK PLACE IN 1905. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): APPROX 300,000 TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED, FROM 1871 TO 1939, WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE OF OVER $4 MILLION.

Comment (Development): PRODUCTIVE PERIOD WAS 1871 TO 1939. THE MINE IS ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE RICHMOND MINE AND THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINE, A MERGER WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 1905.

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN DOLOLMITE WHERE IT IS CUT BY FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA, CO NEV, N. B OF M. BULL 64

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.