Mine detail: Santa Fe Mine

Previously called 'Calvada'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.58552, -118.13065

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gold, Hematite, Jasper, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Silver, Stibnite
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1988

Geology

References

MRDSW016420
MAS320210280
DEP10149634
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.