The Homestake Group is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 33.55778, -105.82278
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Homestake Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1906
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Grub-Stake
Secondary: Butcher Boy
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bryce Duggar, Carrizozo, N.M. Cleo Duggar
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1902 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur In Brecciated Zone Adjacent To Two East-Trending Dikes.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND 0.01 OZ AU/TON.
Analytical Data: 0.53% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.32 TO 1.34 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.27 TO 4.1% PB
Analytical Data: SAMPLES REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 CONTAINED 0.09 TO 1.9% CU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, AND STRINGERS ALONG AN EAST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1266 COVERING 61.335 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE HOMESTAKE CLAIM. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Development): CLEO DUGGER OWNS THE CLAIM GROUP EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN END WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA AND WAS PURCHASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 71-74, PLATE 11
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P.74-75, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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