Homestake Mine

The Homestake Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,151 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: E. D. Shipe
Home Office: Las Cruces, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1937
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite Alteration.

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMALL HILL ABOUT 4000 FEET NORTH OF ORGAN, N.M..

Comment (Production): DUNHAM, P. 240, REPORTED THE PRODUCTION OF LEAD-SILVER ORE FROM THE HOMESTAKE MINE WAS ABOUT 25000 DOLLARS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND AN OPEN STOPE AT THE SURFACE.

References

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 240-241

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