Ashby Gold Mine

The Ashby Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.