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Ashdown Property

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246381
MRDS ID M232645
MAS/MILS ID 0320130213
Record type Site
Current site name Ashdown Property
Alternate or previous names Ashdown Mine, Ashdown
Related records 10044995, 10310474

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.6977, 41.8299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vicksburg Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 029 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.6977, 41.8299
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd. 92 And 1994 To Present)
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Mahogany
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner North Lily Mining Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    Last year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Mine Services
    ID 2600578
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • "in 1987 WEX acquired a joint venture interest in the Ashdown Gold and Molybdenum mine from American Copper & Nickel Company (ACNC), the US subsidiary of International Nickel Company (INCO). In the mid 1990s WEX bought out ACNC's remaining interest. WEX formed Ashdown Project LLC, a joint venture with Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPM), in 2006 the LLC has been produced and sold about 80,000 lbs of molybdenum concentrates from Ashdown from December 2006 to November 2008. In March 2009 limited production resumed and in May 2009 WEX purchased Golden Phoenix's interest in the Ashdown LLC." (from website http://www.babybulls.com/clients/Win-Eldrich_Mines.html)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 1052000mt ore
    Total resources 1052000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.286 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 998000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.114 g/mt Gold Major 1992
    Molybdenum Mo 1.4 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 998000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.1143 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 544000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 1 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    http://www.win-eldrich.com/ - company website

  • Ownership

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P246.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, V98, #14, APRIL 8, 1987, P1, "WIN-ELDRICH ACQUIRES INTEREST IN GOLD AND MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY".

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P228.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, IC# 6995, 1938, P49.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59, 1964, TB21, PT3.

  • Deposit

    USGS, PP 610, 1968, P182.

  • Deposit

    USGS, BULL 1356, 1973, P35.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V-105, #52, 12/28/94, P5.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P305.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-AUG-11 Causey, J Douglas Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/05/2017
MSHA mine ID2600578
Mine name (MSHA)Ashdown Mine
Current operatorAshdown Project LLC
Current controller (parent)Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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