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Santa Maria Prospect

Producer in Pershing 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047443
MRDS ID M242746
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lucky Four and Doc Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.74182, 40.50433 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N;031N 028E;029E 25,36;32,33,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO CLAIM AREA. CLAIMS COVER A LARGE AREA IN VICINITY OF DEVANEY, SNOW SQUALL, AND STONEHOUSE CANYON MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ROTARY DRILL HOLE VI SHOWED HEAVY SULFIDES UP TO THE 300 FT LEVEL AND A SPOT ASSAY AT THE 50-60 FT LEVEL OF HOLE VI SHOWED 12 OZ/ST AG AND 0.06 OZ/ST AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.74182, 40.50433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stonehouse Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Victor Industries Inc.
    Home office 13238 Northup Way #1, Bellevue, Wa 98005.
    First year 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE SEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, P. 396.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 15 MINING CLAIMS COVERING 300 ACRES, A COMBINATION OF 2 PROPERTIES, THE DOC AND LUCKY FOUR CLAIMS. MILL SITE IS LOCATED TO SERVE BOTH AN EQUAL DISTANCE. IT PERMITS ARE RECEIVED, A SMALL TEST OPERATION MAY BE CONDUCTED THIS SEASON (1984 REPORT). IN 1981, THE LOADING AND PRODUCTION AREA WAS ENLARGED. A 2-WEEK PROGRAM WITH ROTARY DRILLING WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY FOR A TOTAL OF 1100 FT. INTERVALS. IN 1983, A SMALL TONNAGE MILLING TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL IN JULY. IN 1984, VICTOR WAS DOING PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY WORK ON THIS PROPERRY WHILE PERMITTING CONTINUES. SMALL-SCALE TEST MILLING COULD BEGIN THIS YEAR (1984). REFURBISHING OF THE CORONADO MINERALS MILL UNDER A RENEGOTIATED CONTRACT WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FALL OF 1984. MILL CAPACITY WOULD BE 125 ST/DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINESEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 395-397; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 12/23/81; 2/10/81; 4/28/82; 8/1/84, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    VICTOR INDUSTRIES PRESS RELEASE, 1/14/83

  • Deposit

    NORTH AMERICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY NEWS, 8/83, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    BLM CLAIM RECORDS, 1986.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CONSULTING GEOLOGIST REPORTED THAT THE GEOLOGY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE DELAMAR AND ROCHESTER AREA OF BULK-TONNAGE LOW-GRADE SILVER FROM EPITHERMAL VEIN-TYPE DEPOSITS FOUND IN VOLCANIC RHYOLITE HOST OF TRIASSIC AND TERTIARY AGE. THE DEPOSITS ARE IN A VEIN, DIKE-LIKE STRUCTURE WHICH OUT CROPS ALONG A HILL-TOP SADDLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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