The Homestake Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92472, -114.07111
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Homestake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Fay, Gold Springs) District (Fay, Gold Springs) 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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-S And E-W Vein Systems
Type: L
Description: Fault Is Probably Pre-Mineral, For Although Slicks Are Present On Footwall, Vein Is Relatively Unbrecciated.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Silicification, Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1727 AND 1728 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 200 PPM MN, 50 AND 5 PPM AG, 20 AND 0 PPM AU, 200 AND 500 PPM BA, 0 AND 100 PPM MO, 20 AND 50 PPM PB, 0 AND 200 PPM SR, 10 AND 100 PPM V, 0 AND 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPEN-CENTERED FISSURE VEINS AND VEINLETS WHICH CARRY PYRITE. THE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL ANDESITES ARE IRON-STAINED, BLEACHED, SILICIFIED, AND HEAVILY QUARTZ-VEINED. THE ROCKS ARE NOTABLY BRECCIATED (SLICCKS ARE ABUNDANT) AND SHOW A NETWORK OF CRUSTIFORM QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS WHICH EXTEND OUTWARD INTO THE WALLROCK ADJACENT TO THE MAIN VEIN. QUARTZ VEINING OF WALLROCKS INCREASES WIDTH OF VEIN EXPOSURE TO 10 FT OR MORE. MAIN VEIN IS SHEARED BY SEVERAL SMALL E-W STRUCTURES AND MAY BE TRUNCATED BY ONE SUCH STRUCTURE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE EXPOSURE.
Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE OR STOPE FOLLOWS VEIN STRUCTURE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. SHORT SHAFTS ARE INCLINED ALONG VEIN AT WEST EDGE OF STOPE. STOPE IS ABOUT 10-15 FT DEEP. THERE ARE OTHER SHAFTS AND SHALLOW WORKINGS IN THE AREA, BUT THEY ARE NOT VERY EXTENSIVE.
Comment (Geology): CRUSTIFIED EPITHERMAL QUARTZ VEIN, WITH CHALCEDONIC AND COMB QUARTZ YELLOWISH ANDULARIA, LAMECLAR CARBONATE. MERCURY RECOVERED BY PANNING
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT AREA NEAR MINE IS STAKED.
Comment (Deposit): CRUSTIFIED EPITHERMAL QUARTZ VEIN WITH ADULARIA (ALUNITE ?) APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN EMPLACED ALONG A SHEAR ZONE. UPPER PORTION OF EXPLORED VEIN CONSISTS OF MASSIVE TO COCKADE QUARTZ WHICH ENCASES SILICIFIED ANDESITE AND POSSIBLY SOME RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS WHICH WERE PROBABLY RIPPED UP AND INCORPORATED IN VEIN DURING EMPLACEMENT. MAIN VEIN IS A MASSIVE TO BANDED, SUGARY TO CHALCEDONIC GREENISH WHITE QUARTZ-ADULARIA (?) VEIN OVER 5 FT WIDE. MOST QUARTZ IS VERY FINE-GRAINED AND TYPICALLY FORMS UNDULATORY CHALCEDONIC BANDS PARALLEL TO THE VEIN. SOME OF THE BANDS ARE DARK WITH FINELY DISPERSED SULFIDES WHICH ARE PROBABLY AG-BEARING MINERALS, AND IN SEVERAL SAMPLES, VERY FINE-GRAINED FREE GOLD WAS NOTED IN THE SULFIDE-RICH LENSES. GOLD ALSO OCCURS WITH PYRITE, MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND BLUE METALLIC SULFIDES IN FINE-GRAINED CLOTS DISPERSED RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT SUGARY QUARTZ VEIN IN DUMP SAMPLES AND IN OUTCROP. THE GOLD-BEARING FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ VEIN IS CROSSCUT BY LATE-STAGE CLEAR VITREOUS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1920, PP 111, P. 563-568.
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 19, 1983.
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.
