Ashford Mine (Golden Treasure Mine), Shoshone, Saratoga District (Tecopa Mountain District; Shoshone District ?), Black Mts, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA

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A former Au-Ag-Pb-Cu mine located in sec. 3, T21N, R3E, SBM, on the W slope of the Black Mts, W of Shoshone, E side of Death Valley. NOTE: Waring & Huguenin (1919) place this mine in the Funeral Mountains, some distance N of Shoshone; however, the locations of other landmarks (Ashford Canyon, junction and mill) indicate that the location provided in this file is correct.

Mineralization is a series of 4 fissure veins hosted in gneiss. The Treasure vein is the main vein at 30 inches to 4 feet (75 cm to 1.2 meters) wide.

Workings include a 180 foot tunnel with a 50 foot winze, and over 2,000 feet of tunnels and drifts. The workings achieved a depth of 2,000 feet below the outcrop.

Production data are found in: Tucker and Sampson (1938).

References

Waring, Clarence A. & E. Huguenin (1919), Inyo County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 15): 15: 74.

Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1938), Mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 34(4): 383.

Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 39, Pl. 3.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 110, 129.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 46, 94, 97, 134.

Mineral List

Bornite Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite Galena

Gold Quartz

Silver Tetrahedrite

8 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.