The Lone Tree Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.8361, -117.21250
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Lone Tree Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Tree Mine
Secondary: Lone Tree Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Minerals Only
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Santa Fe Pacific Minerals Corp. (Sfpm) (Owner Of Sfpg)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Lone Tree Mining Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1992
Years: 1992 -
Owner Name: Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp. (Sfpg)
Company ID: 2602159
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1990 -
Production
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Milled @ 0.154 Opt 1082000 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Heap Leach Ore @ 0.026 Opt 4716000 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Total Gold Production 205738 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Milled @ 0.154 Opt 1026000 St Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Heap Leach Ore @ 0.040 Opt 2833000 St Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Total Gold Proeuction 227986 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Ore Milled @ 0.177 Opt 950000 St Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Heap Leach Ore @ 0.032 Opt 3554000 St Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Total Gold Production 226911 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold 158592 T Oz
Year: 1992
Description: Gold 129000 T 0z
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1991
Discovery Year: 1989
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
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
Comment (Production): TOTAL LONE TREE MINING COMPLEX (LINE TREE + TRENTON CANYON + MULE CANYON) FOR RECORDS 100 & <, & YERAS 1994 TO CURRENT(1996)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES, PROVEN+PROBABLE RESERVES + MEAS- URED+INDICATED MINERALIZED MAT, 12/31/96: LONE TREE MINE ONLY: ADIT CAPACITY TOTAL LONE TREE COMPLEX (LONE MINE + TRENTON CAN- YON + MULE CANYON) AVERAGED OVER 1994-1996:
Comment (Deposit): OPERATION INCLUDES MOST OF THE LONE TREE HILL DEPOSIT SECOND MINES RESPONDENT ID OF 2670226.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1973, P21.
Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, GARY SAUNDERS, LONE TREE MINE, 1993.
Reference (Deposit): SANTA FE PACIFIC MINERALS CORP. LONE TREE MINE PAMPHLET.
Reference (Deposit): 1995/1996, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P24.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 2/09/94, V105, #105, PP. 1, 4.
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, #691, JAN. 97, P13.
Reference (Deposit): PACIFIC'S NEWEST GOLD MINE A WINNER; TO PRODUCE 103,000 OZ
Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, MAY, 1992, P4A-13A, "SANTA FE
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Deposit): MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P48
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA
Reference (Reserve-Resource): & 13-18.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP.5-7
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 4, 5, 10-14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP., 1995, FORM 10-K REPORT,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 254, 255.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Production): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, PP. 1, 6.
Reference (Geology): CORP. PAMPHLET, DATE UNK.
Reference (Production): THE NORTHERN MINER. 2/24/97. P.B7.
Reference (Geology): LONE TREE MINE, PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS, SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD
Reference (Deposit): THIS YEAR, RISING TO 200,000 OZ WITH SULPHIDE MILL".
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.
