Santa Fe Mine

The Santa Fe Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,981 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Santa Fe Mine
Secondary: Calvada

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Westley Technologies Ltd (5.33% Royalty)
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Corona Gold Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1991 -

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Company ID: 2601125
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1991 -

Production

Year: 1995
Description: Silver Production 20000 T Oz/Yr Silver
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 16667 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 22000 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Contained In Dore 2324 Kg/Yr Au
Year: 1991
Description: Gold 67627 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 178458 Oz
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Contained In Dore 2084 Kg/Yr Au
Year: 1989
Description: Gold Contained In Dore 1800 Kg/Yr Au
Year: 1988
Description: Gold Contained In Dore 421 Kg/Yr Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1988
Discovery Year: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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

Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM LACANDA, 1985 ANNUAL REPORT. 1989 RESERVE = 240,000 OZ CONT.AU. AS OF 12-31-91: 2-1/2 YEARS OF MINE LIFE REMAINS.

Comment (Economic Factors): HEAP LEACHING OPERATION EXPECTED TO BEGIN PRODUCTION IN 1ST QTR. OF 1989. EXPECTED ANNUAL OUTPUT LEVEL OF 50,000 OZ. AU.

Comment (Geology): GOLD OCCURS IN A PYRITIC, JASPEROID REPLACEMENT OF A BRECCIA- TED CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Comment (Production): 1989 PROD. = 57,879 OZ FROM 2,137,900 MT LEACHED.

Comment (Deposit): MINING CEASED LATE 93. HEAP LEACH STILL OPERATIONAL IN 1995. RECLAMATION ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1996. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 42 KM E OF HAWTHORNE THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS ADEQUATE. WATER AND POWER ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SITE. THE WORKING SEASON IS ALL YEAR AND LABOR IS AVAILABLE LOCALLY. MINING IS CONTRACTED TO BROWN AND ROOT. BY DECEMBER,1982 DRILLING HAD NOT DEFINED THE BOTTOM OF THE MINERALIZATION. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: PLANNED ON-SITE,CYANIDE HEAP LEACH PLANNED FOR 1984. IN JUNE 1983, WESTLEY MINES WAS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN PIT MINE, HEAP LEACH FACILITY.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): MAY 17, 1984, PP. A1-A2.

Reference (Deposit): 1984, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). PEZAMERICA MAKES BID FOR CORONA.

Reference (Deposit): RECENT LACANA, SANTA FE RESULTS. VOL. 2, ISS. 4, MARCH 15,

Reference (Deposit): NORTH AMERICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY NEWS (WILSONVILLE, OR)

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P128.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 11, 12, 27.

Reference (Deposit): SANTA FE, PP. B-466, B-471.

Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, WORLD WIDE GOLD CAPITAL COSTS,

Reference (Deposit): PRECIOUS METALS. V. 57, NO. 4, APRIL 1984, PP. 24-25.

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINER (VANCOUVER, BC). LACANA MINING ACTIVE IN

Reference (Deposit): STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1982, 109 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS,

Reference (Deposit): STEARNS, S.W. DISSEMINATED EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS METALS IN

Reference (Deposit): SANTA FE PROJECT IN NEVADA. V. 72, NO. 52, 1983, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. WESTLEY/LACANA AGREEMENT TO FUND

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES SANTA FE CLAIMS. VOL. 70, NO. 26, 1981, P. 16.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. VENTURES WEST OPTION FOR BRICAN

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P270.

Reference (Deposit): 98 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P348,

Reference (Deposit): ASSOCIATION BULL., V. 8, NO. 2, 1984, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): OF SANTA FE GOLD PROPERTY NEAR LUNING. NEVADA MINING

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). LACANA BECOMES OPERATOR

Reference (Deposit): AMER. BULL., V. 20, 1939, PP. 1573-1624.

Reference (Deposit): MULLER, S.W., AND H.G. FERGUSON. MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF

Reference (Deposit): AMERIC. BULL., V. 20, 1939, PP. 1573-1624.

Reference (Deposit): THE HAWTHORNE AND TONOPAH QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. OF

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., AND S.H. CATHCART. GEOLOGY OF THE ROUND

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULL. 1464, 1980, 54 PP.

Reference (Deposit): VALLEY AND GILLIS RANGES, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE GABBS

Reference (Deposit): EKERN, E.B. STRATIGRAPHY, PRELIMINARY PETROLOGY, AND SOME

Reference (Deposit): 85 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CORONA CORP. ANNUAL REPORT: GOLD. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA

Reference (Deposit): NO. 1, 1922, PP. 1-74.

Reference (Deposit): PUBLICATION; BULL. OF THE DEPT. OF GEOL., SCIENCE, V. 14,

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 58, 1961,

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.