The Santa Fe Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.59083, -118.16611
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Santa Fe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Fe Mine
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Small Cross Faults Off Set Vein In Several Places
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feox
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; $50,000 CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FROM THIS MINE
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): 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
Comment (Geology): QTZ. VEIN 3 TO 15 INCHES THICK WIDENS TO 25 FT. BELOW 100 FT. LEVEL
Comment (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
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.
Reference (Production): F ( 1 )
Nevada Gold
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.
