The Santa Fe is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.36, -116.79361
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Santa Fe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Fe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1921-1940
Material type: AU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From 40,000 Tons Of Ore. Cu-Pb Recovered As By-Products
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Santa Fe Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 175 CLAIMS-INCLUDES WORKINGS VARIOUSLY KNOWN AS ARLINGTON, BLACK HAWK, CALLE DEL ORO, CALUMET, CLIFF, HECLA, LADY ALICE, LOOKOUT AND OPERA FIRST LOCATED IN 1887 AND DEVELOPED BY THE BLACK HAWK MINING COMPANY. IN 1921, IT WAS OPERATED BY THE ARLINGTON MINING CO. UNTIL 1940. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): BULK OF ORE PRODUCED WAS CYANIDED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGE LOW-GRADE RESERVES PRESENT
Comment (Production): ALL ORE OVER $30/TON WAS SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTING CO. ORE UNDER $30/TON WAS TREATED IN CYANIDE PLANT HIGH-GRADE ORE IN HEMATITE GANGUE WAS SHIPPED TO SELBY IN 1934 AND 1940 NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): CRUSHED ZONE ALONG THRUST FAULT. RICHEST ORE OCCURS AS STREAKS OF HEMATITIC GOUGE AT LEAST 100 FT. THICK. ANOTHER ZONE, 75 FT. THICK, OCCURS IN A LIMESTONE BRECCIA, POSSIBLY PLEISTOCENE LANDSLIDE MATERIAL EXPOSED ALONG UPPER PART OF WEST WALL OF BLACKHAWK CANYON. KNOWN AS THE CLIFF MINE. GNEISSOID GRANITE FOOTWALL, LIMESTONE HANGING WALL.
Comment (Workings): ADITS, 25-TON BALL MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT IN BOTTOM OF BLACKHAWK CANYON. 600-TON CYANIDE LEACHING PLANT. OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH, 9 TUNNELS 2500 TO 3000 FT IN LENGTH. ABOUT 1200 FT. OF TUNNELS AND RAISES IN THE CLIFF MINE. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS IN TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1943).
Comment (Geology): FURNACE (MISSISSIPPIAN ?) LIMESTONE OVER GRANITIC ROCK. ALONG BLACK HAWK CANYON, LIMESTONE IS BRECCIATED, SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED, W/HEMATITE STREAKS RUNNING THROUGH THE MASS. SLIGHTLY CEMENTED W/CALCITE, DOLOMITE AND IRREGULAR GRAINS OF QUARTZ. FOOTWALL OF ORE ZONE IS GRANITE, HANGING WALL MASSIVE LIMESTONE. GRANITIC ROCK, GNEISS, METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE AND INTERBEDDED SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 664-665
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 460-461
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953) GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WRIGHT (1953)
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