Warm Springs Mining District

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The Warm Springs Mining District is located near Denio.

Ashdown is located in the Warm Springs Mining District.

Lincoln (1923) writes:[1]

"WARM SPRINGS (Ashdown, Pueblo, Vicksburg)"

"Gold, Silver"

"Location. The Warm Springs District is located at Ashdown in N. W. Humboldt Co., on the Oregon boundary. Winnemucca on the S. P. R. R. and W. P. R. R. is 120 m. S. E. The district was formerly divided into the Pueblo District on the N. and the Vicksburg District on the S."

"History. The district was located in 1863. A small mill built in 1864 was burned by the Indians. The Pine Forest Gold M. Co's. mill made the largest production in Humboldt Co. in 1905 and operated intermittently there after. The Ashdown Gold M. Co. had a new mill under construction in 1919."

"Geology. According to Stretch, the country rocks are mica and clay slates in truded by a core of porphyry and granite which forms the central axis of the mountains, and flanked on the W. by basalt. The early ores were mainly silver ores in quartz gangue, sometimes with considerable copper."

References

  1. Francis Church Lincoln, "Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada," p. 105, 1923.

Resources

  • Warm Springs Mining District GNIS
    • Citation: "Willden, Ronald. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt County, Nevada. Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 59, 1964, 154 pp. A description of geology and mines and mining districts of Humboldt County, with location maps. PL3"
    • Variant: "Ashdown Mining District. Citation: Willden, Ronald. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt County, Nevada. Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 59, 1964, 154 pp. A description of geology and mines and mining districts of Humboldt County, with location maps."
    • Variant: "Pueblo Mining District. Citation: Lincoln, Francis Church. Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada. Verdi, Nev.: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co., 1923, 295 pp. Lengthy discussion of mining districts in Nevada, their various names, their history, and their mineral resources."
    • Variant: "Vicksburg Mining District. Citation: Willden, Ronald. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt County, Nevada. Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 59, 1964, 154 pp. A description of geology and mines and mining districts of Humboldt County, with location maps."