The Homestake is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.355, -103.75280
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Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake
Secondary: Black Hills Consolidated Mines
Secondary: Yates Shaft
Secondary: Calhoon Mill
Secondary: Homestake Cyanide Mill No. 1
Secondary: Homestake & Open Cut
Secondary: Ellison Shaft
Secondary: Homestake Cyanide
Secondary: Deadwood Mill
Secondary: Highland Mill
Secondary: Ross Shaft
Secondary: Oro Hondo Shaft
Secondary: Old Abe Shaft
Secondary: Homestake Slime Plant
Secondary: De Smet Mill
Secondary: Terra Mill
Secondary: Hidden Fortune Mining Co.
Secondary: Homestake Mill
Secondary: Golden Star Mill
Secondary: Homestake Ext. Shaft
Secondary: Columbus Consol. Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead 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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Delaware
Info Year: 1995
Production
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 402867 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: 13,922 Kg Au 2500000 Mt/Year
Year: 1992
Description: 12,336 Kg Au 2393000 Mt/Year
Year: 1991
Description: 9,925 Kg Au 2233000 Mt/Year
Year: 1990
Description: 12,068 Kg Au 2165000 Mt/Year-27% From Open Cut
Year: 1989
Description: 11,882 Kg Au 2292000 Mt/Year-27% From Open Cut
Year: 1988
Description: 12,135 Kg Au; 2,208 Kg Ag. 2227000 Mt/Year-24% From Open Cut
Year: 1987
Description: 10,127 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 2129000 Mt/Year;20% From Open Cut
Year: 1986
Description: 10,625 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 2090000 Mt/Year;16% From Open Cut
Year: 1985
Description: 10,671 Kg Au; 1,959 Kg Ag 2129000 Mt/Year;16% From Open Cut
Year: 1984
Description: 9,206 Kg Au; 1,555 Kg Ag 1721000 Mt/Year;11% From Open Cut
Year: 1983
Description: 9636 Kg Au; 1928 Kg Ag 1609000 Mt/Year; 6% From Open Cut
Year: 1982
Description: 5,754 Kg Au; 809 Kg Ag 1052000 Mt/Year;
Year: 1981
Description: 8,647 Kg Au; 1,742 Kg Ag 1677000 Mt/Year
Year: 1980
Description: 8,323 Kg Au; 1,586 Kg Ag 1621000 Mt/Year
Year: 1979
Description: 7,648 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1297000 Mt/Year
Year: 1978
Description: 8,880 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1443000 Mt/Year
Year: 1977
Description: 9,480 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1432000 Mt/Year
Year: 1976
Description: 9,906 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1504000 Mt/Year
Year: 1975
Description: 9,483 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1337000 Mt/Year
Year: 1974
Description: 10,690 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1415000 Mt/Year
Year: 1973
Description: 11,123 Kg Au; Ag Not Reported 1428000 Mt/Year
Year: 1972
Time Period: 1966-1972
Description: 1966-1972. 121,000 Kg Au; 24,000 Kg Ag 11741000 Mt Over Period 1966-1972
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1878-1940
Description: 1878-1940, 466,000 Kg, Au; 135,000 Kg Ag
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1941-1965
Description: 1941-1965, 434,000 Kg, Au; 76,000 Kg, Ag 29921000 Mt Over Period 1941-1965
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.171 Oz/T 2500000 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 407322 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.166 Oz/T 2600000 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Pulp-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1878
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): COMBINED 1996 PROVEN & PROBABLE ORE RESERVES: UNDRGD ORE: 19,764,000 ST @ 0.22 OZ/T: OPEN CUT: 3,990,000 ST @ 0.079 OZ/T: MINERALIZED MATERIAL IS NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL: PRODUCTION; 1996: 2,566,000 ST @ 0.166 OZ/T: SILVER GRADE IS DATA FROM 1995 ADIT UPDATE; COULD NOT FIND 1996 DATA TO UPDATE VALUE.
Comment (Workings): THE HOMESTAKE MINE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 114 YEARS; TOTAL MINE LIFE IS UNKNOWN. THE MINE IS BOTH AN UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE OPERATION. PROCESS WATER IS RECYCLED.
Comment (Workings): MINING METHODS INCLUDE OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1 = M9C4 (UNDERGROUND). M1C2 = M9C5 (OPEN CUT). MINE RESERVES ARE STATED AS RECOVERABLE. MINE DILUTION IS 26%. AVERAGE MINE RECOVERY IS 96%.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, 6-94, P.20B.
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, 5-93, P.18B.
Reference (Deposit): INTERNATIONAL CORONA CORP., 6/15/92, P.68-70.
Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., PROSPECTUS - OFFER TO PURCHASE
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, V 79/N 37, 11/15/93, P.14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 18-19, AND
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY 1995 10K, P4.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P19.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 20-22.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1992 ANNUAL REPORP, P18.
Reference (Production): 10-K, P7.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1988 ANNUAL REPORT, P13.
Reference (Production): HOMESTAKE MINING CO., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT PP. 18-19, & FORM
Reference (Deposit): RANDAL MINING DIRECTORIES, 1994-1996.
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, 11-93, P.12A.
Reference (Deposit): TION EQUIPMENT. SAN JOSE, CA
Reference (Deposit): DATAQUEST, INC., 1988, COST REFERENCE GUIDE FOR CONSTRUC-
Reference (Reserve-Resource): FORM 10-K REPORT, P7.
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