Nevada · Humboldt County
Past Producer

Riley Mine

Humboldt County, Nevada, United States
SilverMolybdenumLeadGoldCopperZincTungsten
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Commodities
TertiarySilver, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Garnet, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10222483
MRDS IDM030031
Alternate namesRiley, Dernan Property, Reilly Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.19097, -117.25112
References
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.HOLMES,G.H., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE RILEY TUNGSTEN MINE HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3945, 7P.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.KOSCHMANN,A.H., AND BERGENDAHL,M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 182.SCHILLING,J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, P.22.WILLDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59, TABLE 19.