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Santa Fe

Occurrence in Clark 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  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 10037141
MRDS ID M031010
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Fe
Related records 10221507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92665, 35.47223 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE HIGHWAY NORTH OF SEARCHLIGHT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 063E 27,34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92665, 35.47223
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 10 E , DIPPING 45 - 55 W; AND SEVERAL FRACTURES WITH SOME QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 74.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT EXTENDS 198 FEET TO WATER LEVEL ( 145 FEET VERTICALLY ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, 1939

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL ETAL 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORDED PRODUCTION. THE MINE HAS BEEN IMPORTANT AS A SOURCE OF WATER FOR DUPLEX MINE IN 1931 AND SEARCHLIGHT IN 1922 . NO ASSAYS OF THE MATERIAL IN THE MINE WERE AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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