Ashby Gold Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045459
MRDS ID M233204
Record type Site
Current site name Ashby Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39789, 38.44353 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Dunlap
    Rock description Dunlap

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39789, 38.44353

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer G. A. Ashby
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Banner Development Co.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernie Jahns, Mina, Nevada
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • TEN STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL ASHBY GOLD MINE CONSISTED OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MINE WORKED FROM 1933-1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941, P. 11

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966, UNPUBLISH REPORT ON ASHBY MINE

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD, 1966

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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