Homestake Group

The Homestake Group is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Newberry

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

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
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Gold on flat faults

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FOOT LONG SHAFT, AND SEVERAL ADITS, ALL TOTALLING 4000 FEET.

Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN 3 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS STRIKING E AND DIPPING 50 DEG. N, CUTTING GRANITE. ONE VEIN IS 4 - 20 FT. WIDE AVERAGING 12 FT.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION REPORTED AT ABOUT $150,000.

References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 200 , 141 .

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 77 .

Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965 .

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.