The Homestake Mine is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Homestake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PART OF VIPONT GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): THE LOCATION IS A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE AND NO EXACT VALUES ARE AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,BS AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 495.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1958
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