The Homestake Group is a gold and tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.94222, -112.52778
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Homestake Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Group
Secondary: Monike Mines Co ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Red Picacho 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Carl Mclendon
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: George Cook
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1949
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THIN STRINGERS & GRAINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GREATER THAN 1.0 PERCENT WO3
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS; MAY OVERLAP DANIELS MINE PROPERTY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): A DIAMOND DRILL HOLE HAS BEEN SUNK TO DEPTH OF 500 FEET, AND SCHEELITE PERSISTED TO THE BOTTOMMAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 30 BY 30 BY 3 FEET DEEP AND A 6 FOOT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZONA, U.S.B.M.-R.I 5516, P.34-35.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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