Santa Maria Prospect

The Santa Maria Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Santa Maria Prospect
Secondary: Lucky Four and Doc Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Farrell District; Stonehouse Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Victor Industries Inc.
Home Office: 13238 Northup Way #1, Bellevue, Wa 98005.
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ROTARY DRILL HOLE VI SHOWED HEAVY SULFIDES UP TO THE 300 FT LEVEL AND A SPOT ASSAY AT THE 50-60 FT LEVEL OF HOLE VI SHOWED 12 OZ/ST AG AND 0.06 OZ/ST AU.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE SEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, P. 396.

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CLAIM AREA. CLAIMS COVER A LARGE AREA IN VICINITY OF DEVANEY, SNOW SQUALL, AND STONEHOUSE CANYON MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 15 MINING CLAIMS COVERING 300 ACRES, A COMBINATION OF 2 PROPERTIES, THE DOC AND LUCKY FOUR CLAIMS. MILL SITE IS LOCATED TO SERVE BOTH AN EQUAL DISTANCE. IT PERMITS ARE RECEIVED, A SMALL TEST OPERATION MAY BE CONDUCTED THIS SEASON (1984 REPORT). IN 1981, THE LOADING AND PRODUCTION AREA WAS ENLARGED. A 2-WEEK PROGRAM WITH ROTARY DRILLING WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY FOR A TOTAL OF 1100 FT. INTERVALS. IN 1983, A SMALL TONNAGE MILLING TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL IN JULY. IN 1984, VICTOR WAS DOING PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY WORK ON THIS PROPERRY WHILE PERMITTING CONTINUES. SMALL-SCALE TEST MILLING COULD BEGIN THIS YEAR (1984). REFURBISHING OF THE CORONADO MINERALS MILL UNDER A RENEGOTIATED CONTRACT WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FALL OF 1984. MILL CAPACITY WOULD BE 125 ST/DAY.

Comment (Deposit): THE CONSULTING GEOLOGIST REPORTED THAT THE GEOLOGY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE DELAMAR AND ROCHESTER AREA OF BULK-TONNAGE LOW-GRADE SILVER FROM EPITHERMAL VEIN-TYPE DEPOSITS FOUND IN VOLCANIC RHYOLITE HOST OF TRIASSIC AND TERTIARY AGE. THE DEPOSITS ARE IN A VEIN, DIKE-LIKE STRUCTURE WHICH OUT CROPS ALONG A HILL-TOP SADDLE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT

References

Reference (Deposit): NORTH AMERICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY NEWS, 8/83, P. 10.

Reference (Deposit): BLM CLAIM RECORDS, 1986.

Reference (Deposit): MINESEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 395-397; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 12/23/81; 2/10/81; 4/28/82; 8/1/84, P. 3.

Reference (Deposit): VICTOR INDUSTRIES PRESS RELEASE, 1/14/83

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.