Ashford Mine

The Ashford Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

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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: Ashford Mine
Secondary: Golden Treasure

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: California
County: Inyo

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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

Not available

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1950-1952
Material type: CON
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4000 Lbs Pb
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1919-1942
Material type: AU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4000 Lbs Cu, 13,000 Lbs Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME SPECKS OF FREE GOLD ASSAYED UP TO $325/TON

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): 320 FT. INCLINE. ON 76 FT. LEVEL; CROSSCUT NW 70 FT. TO VEIN, DRIFT S 60 FT., N 20 FT.; ON 96 FT LEVEL, DRIFT N. 90 FT.; ON 180 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT S. 65 FT. AT SHAFT POINT, STOPE 60 FT. LONG, 55 FT. HIGH IN ORE AVG. 15 IN. THICK. NORTH OF SHAFT, IN CANYON, CROSSCUT N. 260 FT. TO VEIN, DRIFT S. 120 FT. STOPED FOR 170 FT. IN AVG. 2 FT. THICKNESS OF ORE, 400 FT SW OF SHAFT, AND 150 FT. BELOW COLLAR, CROSSCUT E. 215 FT., WITH 35 FT. WINZE, 200 FT. FROM PORTAL, DRIFT N. FOR 375 FT. CONNECTS WITH SHAFT ON 180 FT. LEVEL.

Comment (Deposit): 26 CLAIMS. UNPATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. PROJECTED. LAND UNSURVEYED

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO HAVE AMOUNTED TO $135,000. $18,000 WORTH WAS SOLD IN THE PERIOD FROM 1937-1941.

Comment (Deposit): 7 FISSURE VEINS, 6 IN. - 4 FT. THICK. THEY HAVE BEEN FAULTED AND POSSIBLY ROTATED. GENERAL STRIKE N80E, FAULTED SEGMENTS N15E; DIP 65 SE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1958, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 383

Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 77-78

Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON, GOODWIN (1957)

Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 39, PL. 3

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