The Homestead Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.45, -119.03111
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Homestead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestead Mine
Secondary: Hefler
Secondary: Hilltop
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
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
Year: 1953
Material type: WO3
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.55 Percent
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Broken By Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feox, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GRAB SAMPLES TAKEN FROM MINERALIZED ZONE IN 1953 AVERAGED 0.95 PERCENT WO3 AND 0.01 PERCENT MO
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE/VEIN
Comment (Workings): 70 FT ADIT, ANOTHER ADIT OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): LIMITED BEDROCK EXPOSURE. MINE ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR GOLD AND COPPER DURING THE 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBL. DMEA REPORT (CONF.) USGS, MENLO PARK, CA
Reference (Reserve-Resource): F(1)
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.
