Mine detail: Riley Mine

Previously called 'RileyDernan PropertyReilly Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.19159, -117.25036

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Garnet, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

References

MRDSM030031
MAS320130032
DEP10222483
Reference{Deposit:: HOBBS,S.W. AND CLABAUGH,S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE}{Deposit:: OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU}{Deposit:: OF MINES BULLETIN 44, P. 21-24.}{Deposit:: HOLMES,G.H., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE RILEY TUNGSTEN MINE}{Deposit:: HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT}{Deposit:: OF INVESTIGATION 3945, 7P.}{Deposit:: HOTZ,P.E., AND WILDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLT COUNTY}{Deposit:: NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431, 128P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN,A.H., AND BERGENDAHL,M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD}{Deposit:: PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: US GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 182.}{Deposit:: SCHILLING,J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES}{Deposit:: IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, P.22.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLT}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59,}{Deposit:: TABLE 19.}
ReporterCrandell, William D.