The North and South Homestake Mines is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.75333, -105.75917
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North and South Homestake Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North and South Homestake Mines
Secondary: Homestake Mines: Claims Patented In 1884, 1891, and 1896
Secondary: South Homestake
Secondary: Homestake South
Secondary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks 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
Owner Name: Hudspeth, A. H. (Estate)
Home Office: Carrizozo, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Q. B. Q. Mining Co.
Home Office: White Oaks, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Year Last Production: 1950
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ADIT OF THE SOUTH HOMESTAKE MINE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SHOOTS AND POCKETS WITHIN A NORTH TRENDING BRECCIA ZONE. STOPING WIDTH ALONG THE VEIN RANGED FROM 12 IN. TO 25 FT... THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 146, 614, AND 621 COVERING 51.245 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 1450 FT. SHAFT AT THE NORTH HOMESTAKE MINE, A 680 FT. SHAFT AT THE SOUTH HOMESTAKE MINE, SEVERAL LONG ADITS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND TWO LARGE GLORY HOLES. ABOUT 10% OF THE WORKINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 34-38
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 33-36
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., 1964 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 15TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 92-99
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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