The Santiago Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 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: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2539, -119.65500
Map: View on Google Maps
Santiago Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santiago Mine
Secondary: Comstock
Secondary: Haywood
Secondary: Haywood-Santiago
Secondary: Consolidated Santiago Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Comstock Gold Exploration Ventures
Company ID: 2601675
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1993
Description: Gold 2060 Troy Oz. Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1984
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 15, 1932, P. 18-19.
Reference (Production): REA GOLD CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORT 1992-1993. NOT AVAILABLE
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.
