The Santa Fe-Luning District is a copper, silver, gold, and tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.53333, -118.10000
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Santa Fe-Luning District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Fe-Luning District
Secondary: Vlincaid
Secondary: Luning
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex System Of Normal Faults Extensive Folding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Limonitization, Propyllitization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limestone
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): GEOLOGICALLY, SINGLE DISTRICT COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 40 SQ. MI., GEOGRAPHICALLY FOUR SEPARATE AREAS: SUNRISE FLAT, NEW YORK CANYON, TODD AND GIROUX AREAS
Comment (Production): REFER TO SPECIFIC MINE SITE RECORD INFO. FOR INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METASOMATIC
Comment (Geology): ALONG WEST SIDE OF SUNRISE FLAT, TRIASSIC LUNING FORMATION (LMST.) IS THRUST OVER JURASSIC DUNLAP FORMATION (GREENSTONES) AND THESE RX ARE INTRUDED BY CRET. ACIDIC RXS. MOST OF THE BASIN IS COVERED BY ALLUVIUM BUT OPPOSITE NEW YORK CANYON, THERE IS A SMALL AREA OF TERTIARY VOLC. COVER
Comment (Deposit): SOME EVIDENCE OF GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING IN THE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): 1922 RECON CLARK, C. W., UNIV. OF CA PUB. VOL. 14 NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1928 RECON FOSHAG, ORE DEPOSITS OF HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUB.)
Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON HILL, J. M., BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON ROSS, D. L., BULL. 58
Reference (Production): COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4
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.
