The Homestake is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.25556, -103.84611
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Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake
Secondary: Lead
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPES AND LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Black Hills Dome
Type: L
Description: Local Subsidiary Domes, Lead Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NATIVE AU CONTAINS AVERAGE OF 17 PERCENT AG, 1 PERCENT CU AND OTHER METALS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SLAUGHTER, A. L., 1968, THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: J. D. RIDGE, ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. II, A.I.M.E., NEW YORK, 1968, P. 1436-1459
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, J. A., ET AL, 1949, STRUCTURE OF A PART OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND THE HOMESTAKE MINE, LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA: BULL. G.S.A. 60: 321-352
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, D. H., 1949, THE HOMESTAKE MINE: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL 70 (12): 49-53
Reference (Deposit): THE HOMESTAKE ENTERPRISE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL VOL. 132, NO. 12, 1932
Reference (Deposit): 1876 DIREXPL HOMESTAKE MINING CO.: CONTINUED PRODUCTION
Reference (Deposit): 1904 GEOLMAP IRVING, J. D., ET AL, PROF. PAPER 26
Reference (Production): ITEM 8: SIMONS, F.S., AND PRINZ, W.C., GOLD, IN: UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P.267. ITEMS 9 AND 10: SLAUGHTER, A.L., THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, AND U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1966-1971, AND CONOLLY, T., 1974, MINING ENG. 26(3): 24-27. (COMPILATION).
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