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Santa Fe Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103607
MRDS ID M035627
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Fe Mine
Alternate or previous names Hidden Treasure

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16706, 38.59075 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position APPROX. 6 MI. NE OF LUNING

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feox

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16706, 38.59075
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Small Cross Faults Off Set Vein In Several Places

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 30 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Of The Rich Ore Occured In The First 100 Ft. Below Surface

Comments on the geologic information

  • QTZ. VEIN 3 TO 15 INCHES THICK WIDENS TO 25 FT. BELOW 100 FT. LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; $50,000 CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FROM THIS MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT DESCENDS AT AN ANGLE OF 25 DEG. AND AT 30 TO 40 FT. INTERVALS, DRIFTS WERE DUG IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND ORE BETWEEN SLOPED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.

  • Production

    F ( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SANTA FE MINE IS THE ONLY DEPOSIT OF ANY CONSEQUENCE IN THE DISTRICT WHICH IS IN A QTZ. HORNBLENDE DIORITE HOST ROCK ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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