The Homestake is a lead, zinc, gold, copper, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 56.075, -130.16889
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Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Lead-isotope studies of galena from the Homestake mine (Maas and others, 1929, p. 229-248) indicate that the deposit is Eocene in age, contemporaneous with emplacement of the Hyder Quartz Monzonite.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A 25-foot crosscut adit is reported to have cut the vein 35 feet below its outcrop (Buddington, 1926, p. 53).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Buddington, 1929
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of the Homestake mine is Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which regionally underlies and locally intrudes pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group; and the Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite, which intrudes the Hazelton and Texas Creek rocks (Smith, 1977, Koch, 1996).? the deposit consists of a quartz fissure vein 4-5.5 feet thick in Texas Creek Granodiorite (Buddington, 1925, p. 88-89). The vein was traced in outcrop for about 250 feet. The mineralized parts of the vein contain bands of solid sulfide up to 4 feet thick consisting mainly of argentiferous 'steel' galena, accompanied by pyrite, chalcopyrite, and a little sphalerite. The granodiorite hanging wall of the vein contains stringers of tetrahedrite. So-called 'steel' galena resembles augen gneiss with eyes of granulated pyrite in flow-banded galena; this texture indicates that the mineral deposit was subjected to intense stress since its formation (Buddington and Chapin, 1929, p. 320).? A 9.5-ton test shipment of sorted ore sent to a smelter in 1925 contained 50% Pb, 0.7% Zn, 22.87 oz Ag per ton, and 0.29 oz Au per ton (Buddington, 1929, p. 95; Cobb, 1978, p. 39).? Lead-isotope studies of galena from the Homestake mine (Maas and others, 1929, p. 229-248) indicate that the deposit is Eocene in age, contemporaneous with emplacement of the Hyder Quartz Monzonite.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Property originally staked in 1923
References
Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.
Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.
Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1926, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783, p. 41-62.
Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.
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