The Ford Group is a lead and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Ford Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ford Group
Secondary: Ford Claims No'sS 1-3
Secondary: And Ford.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Paradise Mining District
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. M. Snyder, W. M. King, W. Curley
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.9 OZ AG
Analytical Data: GRABSAMPLE ASSAYED 32.7% PB
Analytical Data: TRACE AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, DRIFT, STOPE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: STOPE IS ON CONTACT OF PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): FOUR CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 50-FT TUNNEL AND A 15-FT DRIFT, AND A SMALL STOPE, LOCATION IS UNSURE FROM DESCRIPTION ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F.,1920 UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE FORD GROUP, HUMBOLDT CO, ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Production): CARPER, A.F., 1920.
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.
