The Ashby Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ashby Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ashby Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ernie Jahns, Mina, Nevada
Years: 1966 -
Owner Name: Banner Development Co.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Discovery Year: 1933
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TEN STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFTS
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL ASHBY GOLD MINE CONSISTED OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MINE WORKED FROM 1933-1936.
Comment (Deposit): A SERIES OF STEEPLY DIPPING QUARTZ VEINS FROM 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET THICK IN ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS OF DUNLAP FORMATION CUT BY APLITE DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966, UNPUBLISH REPORT ON ASHBY MINE
Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD, 1966
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941, P. 11
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.
