The Aspen Group is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,460 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 6,460 Feet (1,969 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.09667, -117.77583
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Aspen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aspen Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Lodi District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vet S. Baxter Of Fallon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Altered Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 97
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 97
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.
