Homestake and New Home

The Homestake and New Home is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake and New Home

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chistochina

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation of Cu minerals.

Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface and underground. Short adits and surface cuts on several old claims.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit and Mertie, 1923

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mainly amygdaloidal deposits in Triassic Nikolai Greenstone containing native Cu, cuprite, and tenorite; also thin veins carrying chalcocite, bornite and secondary copper minerals.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Basaltic Cu

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Copper (native)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., 1905, Geology of the central Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 41, 133 p.

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