Santa Fe-Luning District

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

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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.