The Homestake Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.91806, -119.25611
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Homestake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4407
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Copper Sulfides And Galena Occur In Both Vein And Replacement Ore. Some Of The Quartz Vein Was Brecciated Near Fissures In The South End Of The Camp.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LITERATURE PLACES MINE 2 MI. SW OF MCCONNELL MINE
Comment (Production): SHIPPED SMALL TONNAGE OF CU - AG ORE ABOUT 1940
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BEFORE 1940 BUT THERE ARE DETAILED RECORDS.
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METASOMATIC
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND ADITS IN A NARROW, NORTH TRENDING CANYON A QUARTER MILE WIDE AND A HALF MILE LONG
Comment (Geology): THE NORTHERN-MOST WORKINGS ARE IN META-SEDIMENTS WHILE THE WORKINGS TO THE SOUTH ARE MORE IN GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): POOR ACCESS TO THIS PART OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
