Santa Fe

The Santa Fe is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Santa Fe  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.47222, -114.92583

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Santa Fe MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Santa Fe


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 10 E , DIPPING 45 - 55 W; AND SEVERAL FRACTURES WITH SOME QUARTZ.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT EXTENDS 198 FEET TO WATER LEVEL ( 145 FEET VERTICALLY ).

Comment (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


References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, 1939

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL ETAL 1965


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.