| Deposit ID | 10045459 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233204 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ashby Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.39789, 38.44353 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007N | 032E | 27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Dunlap |
| Rock description | Dunlap |
| (1) | -118.39789, 38.44353 |
|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1933 |
| Discoverer | G. A. Ashby |
| Year of first production | 1933 |
| District name | Hawthorne District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Banner Development Co. |
| First year | 1939 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ernie Jahns, Mina, Nevada |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233204 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941, P. 11
ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966, UNPUBLISH REPORT ON ASHBY MINE
ARCHBOLD, 1966
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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