Mine detail: Santa Fe-Luning District

Previously called 'VlincaidLuning'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53325, -118.10095

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Iron
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Limestone
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation;Dunlap Form
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Complex System Of Normal Faults Extensive Folding
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Limonitization, Propyllitization

References

MRDS	W016420
DEP	10105795
Reference	{Deposit:: 1922 RECON CLARK, C. W., UNIV. OF CA PUB. VOL. 14 NO. 1}{Deposit:: 1928 RECON FOSHAG, ORE DEPOSITS OF HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUB.)}{Deposit:: 1915 RECON HILL, J. M., BULL. 594}{Deposit:: 1961 RECON ROSS, D. L., BULL. 58}{Production:: COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Fiebelkorn, J. B., Stewart, J. H.; Marcus, Sue