The Homestake Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 9,751 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
Elevation: 9,751 Feet (2,972 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.05611, -109.94472
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Homestake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Mine
Secondary: Parkmont
Secondary: Excello
Secondary: Gold Dust
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: New World District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Parkmont Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beartooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT-LYING
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Fracturing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Gangue Is Silicified And Highly Altered
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF UPPER ADIT SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE. WORKINGS LABELED GOLD DUST ARE LOWER WORKINGS OF HOMESTAKE MINE.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A SMALL OPEN CUT ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPE OF HENDERSON MT.
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) PARK COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 754
Reference (Production): REED, 1950, USBM IC 7546, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1948-1949
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
