The Homstake Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Homstake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homstake Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Dunkleberg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oscar J. Durand
Home Office: Hall, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dunkleberg Anticline
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.45-11.0% ZN, 0.05-0.6% PB, TRACT TO 0.43% CU, TRACE TO 0.04 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ZONE IS FORMED BY A SERIES OF CLOSELY SPACED OBLIQUE-SLIP BEDDING-PLANE FAULTS. THE FAULTING PRODUCED DRAG FOLDING. THE THIN BEDDED LIMY STRATA ARE IRREGULARLY ALTERED AND MINERALIZED. THE ZONE CLOSELY FOLLOWS THE W CONTACCT OF A MASSIVE BLUE-GRAY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, PITS, TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5014, P. 16, FIG. 4A
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
