The Homestake is a zinc, gold, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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:
Commodity: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.71306, -118.78333
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Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Mockingbird
Secondary: Plowman
Secondary: Bull of Woods
Secondary: Ethel
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Susanville
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS ABOUT 0.3 OZ GOLD AND ONE OZ. SILVER
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ELK CREEK OPPOSITE THE BADGER.
Comment (Production): SMALL OUTPUT REPORTED IN 1905.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 500 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. SMALL OUTPUT REPORTED IN 1905.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONES WHICH LOCALLY CONTAIN QUARTZ AND ORE MINERALS, COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY LARGE APLITE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL 61 , P. 122 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 143
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