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Lazy Man Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037456
MRDS ID M035305
Record type Site
Current site name Lazy Man Mine
Alternate or previous names Ashby Gold Mines Inc. ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39762, 38.44242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position SO. FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, APPROX. 13 MI. SE OF HAWTHORNE

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

Comments on the location information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND ASSOC. PROSPECTS SOUTH OF UTILITY RD. BETWEEN HAWTHORNE AND MINA AT BM5710

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Andesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39762, 38.44242
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEEPLY DIPPING QTZ. VEINS FROM 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer G. A. Ashby, Hawthorne, Nev.
Production years 1934 - 1937

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Comments on the production information

  • MINES PRODUCED TOTAL OF ABOUT $38,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Production

    ROSS, BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION BASED ON ASHBY GOLD MINES INC. EXACT LOCATION NOT KNOWN NOR IS IT KNOWN IF LAZY MAN MINE IS A SYNONYM. NO INFORMATION ON LAZY MAN AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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