Ashdown Property

The Ashdown Property is a gold and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ashdown Property
Secondary: Ashdown Mine
Secondary: Ashdown

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Other
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: American Mine Services
Company ID: 2600578
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd. 92 And 1994 To Present)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1988 -

Owner Name: International Mahogany
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Ownership): "in 1987 WEX acquired a joint venture interest in the Ashdown Gold and Molybdenum mine from American Copper & Nickel Company (ACNC), the US subsidiary of International Nickel Company (INCO). In the mid 1990s WEX bought out ACNC's remaining interest. WEX formed Ashdown Project LLC, a joint venture with Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPM), in 2006 the LLC has been produced and sold about 80,000 lbs of molybdenum concentrates from Ashdown from December 2006 to November 2008. In March 2009 limited production resumed and in May 2009 WEX purchased Golden Phoenix's interest in the Ashdown LLC." (from website http://www.babybulls.com/clients/Win-Eldrich_Mines.html)

References

Reference (General): http://www.win-eldrich.com/ - company website

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P305.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, V98, #14, APRIL 8, 1987, P1, "WIN-ELDRICH ACQUIRES INTEREST IN GOLD AND MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY".

Reference (Ownership): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P246.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P228.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V-105, #52, 12/28/94, P5.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, BULL 1356, 1973, P35.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, PP 610, 1968, P182.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59, 1964, TB21, PT3.

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, IC# 6995, 1938, P49.

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.