| Deposit ID | 10098631 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233213 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Santa Fe Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hidden Treasure |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.16734, 38.59103 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 MI. N OF LUNING; ABOUT 1 MI. E. OF SODA SPRING VALLEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 009N | 034E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Post Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks) | ||||||||
| Rock description | Post Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| Rock unit name | Post-Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks) |
| Rock description | Post-Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks) |
| (1) | -118.16734, 38.59103 |
|---|
| Strike | N60W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30-35NE |
| Width | 0.51M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Year of first production | 1883 |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233213 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., VOL. 14, NO. 1
ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.6
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FISSURE VEIN, 3 TO 15 INCHES WIDE, FROZEN TO THE WALLS IN DIORITE. VEIN MATERIAL MOSTLY QUARTZ WITH DRUSY OPENINGS CARRYING PYRITE, A LARGE PART OF WHICH IS ALTERED TO LIMONITE AND HEMATITE, ALSO TOURMALINE AND AG-PB MINERALS. ALL THE RICH ORE OCCURS IN FIRST HUNDRED FEET BELOW SURFACE. BELOW THE 100-FOOT LEVEL THE VEIN WIDENS TO 20 OR 25 INCHES BUT IS VERY LEAN IN AG-PB MINERALS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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