Turquoise Ridge

Turquoise Ridge is an underground gold mine in Humboldt County, Nevada, near Golconda. MSHA lists its status as active since Mar 7, 2002 and records 455 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 7 in Humboldt County; by employees it ranks 9 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Mar 7, 2002
Type
Underground
County
Humboldt County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Golconda
Employees reported
455
Operator
Nevada Gold Mines LLC
Coordinates
41.2222, -117.2350
MSHA mine ID
2602286

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Tungsten, Gold
Deposit type
W skarn
Output size
large (USGS class)
Production years
from 1934
Discovered
1917

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10008844 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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