Mine detail: Santa Fe Mine

Previously called 'Hidden Treasure'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.59103, -118.16734

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1879

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1883

Geology

Host rock:	Post-Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks)
Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Post Dunlap (Diorite And Related Rocks)
Associated type:	Hornblendite

References

MRDS	M233213
DEP	10098631
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941}{Deposit:: HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., VOL. 14, NO. 1}{Production:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.6}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E.