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Ashford Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086464
MRDS ID X023754
Record type Site
Current site name Ashford Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Treasure
Related records 10212493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64059, 35.95777 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 3.7 MI NE ASHFORD MILL RUNS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shore Line Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 021N 003E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. PROJECTED. LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME SPECKS OF FREE GOLD ASSAYED UP TO $325/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64059, 35.95777
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1919-1942
    Material AU ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4000 Lbs Cu, 13,000 Lbs Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 5.87mt
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1.8mt
  • Year 1952
    Period 1950-1952
    Material CON
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4000 Lbs Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Lead Lead 1.8mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO HAVE AMOUNTED TO $135,000. $18,000 WORTH WAS SOLD IN THE PERIOD FROM 1937-1941.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 320 FT. INCLINE. ON 76 FT. LEVEL; CROSSCUT NW 70 FT. TO VEIN, DRIFT S 60 FT., N 20 FT.; ON 96 FT LEVEL, DRIFT N. 90 FT.; ON 180 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT S. 65 FT. AT SHAFT POINT, STOPE 60 FT. LONG, 55 FT. HIGH IN ORE AVG. 15 IN. THICK. NORTH OF SHAFT, IN CANYON, CROSSCUT N. 260 FT. TO VEIN, DRIFT S. 120 FT. STOPED FOR 170 FT. IN AVG. 2 FT. THICKNESS OF ORE, 400 FT SW OF SHAFT, AND 150 FT. BELOW COLLAR, CROSSCUT E. 215 FT., WITH 35 FT. WINZE, 200 FT. FROM PORTAL, DRIFT N. FOR 375 FT. CONNECTS WITH SHAFT ON 180 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 39, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1958, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 383

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 77-78

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 FISSURE VEINS, 6 IN. - 4 FT. THICK. THEY HAVE BEEN FAULTED AND POSSIBLY ROTATED. GENERAL STRIKE N80E, FAULTED SEGMENTS N15E; DIP 65 SE.
Deposit 26 CLAIMS. UNPATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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