Homestake Claim Group

The Homestake Claim Group is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Claim Group

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LENSES ARE IN AMPHIBOLITE (METABASALT) UNIT AND ARE SPORADICALLY LOCATED. ALSO, 1500 FT. FROM HOMESTAKE NO. 1 CLAIM ARE 4 TO 24 INCH. MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS IN ABRIGO FM. THESE STRIKE N60E DIP STEEPLY S. ARE 100 TO 200 FT. LONG ARRANGED EN ECHELON.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HOMESTAKE NO 1 CLAIM IS IN AMPHIBOLITE (METABASALT) UNIT OF PINAL SCHIST. AMPHIBOLITE IS LENTICULAR MASS UP TO 500 FT. WIDE PARALLELING SCHISTOSITY FOR 1800 FT. CUT BY TERTIARY APLITE DIKES. OTHER VEINS CUT ABRIGO FORMATION.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): NO ORE PRODUCED.

Comment (Development): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS, ONE SHORT ADIT AND A SHAFT IN AMPHIBOLITE UNIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER 1964.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

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