The Homestake is a feldspar mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,596 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: 8,596 Feet (2,620 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.58333, -105.91667
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Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M And S, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ZONED PEGMATITE: 6 FT OUTER ZONE OF QTZ - ALBITE - MUSCOVITE - MICROCLINE AND A LARGE CORE CONTAINING LARGELY ALBITE WITH ACCESSORY QTZ, APATITE, AND POSSIBLY OTHER MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ALBITE. RATE: 25,000 TONS/YR
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY AND OTHERS, 1950, USGS P.P. 227
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
Reference (Deposit): 5) COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1959
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