The Homestake Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.18806, -117.69806
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Homestake Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Claim
Secondary: Includes Tom Crown Lease and Probably the Golden Burg Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chert Wallrock Has Been Bleached And Softened Close To The Vein
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): A SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM THE UPPER LEVEL ON THE TOM CROWN LEASE, ABOUT 75 FT ABOVE THE TUNNEL
Comment (Workings): 1000-FT TUNNEL INTO CHERT ON TOM CROWN LEASE; 500-FT LONG GOLDENBURG TUNNEL, 50 FT DRIFT, 26 FT WINZE
Comment (Location): TO ONE OF SEVERAL SHAFTS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN HEAVILY STAINED BY MANGANESE OXIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS; HOWELL NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 141-142
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.
