Homestake Tunnel

The Homestake Tunnel is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Homestake Tunnel  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 37.92194, -114.44500

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Homestake Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Homestake Tunnel
Secondary: May Be Same As Boston - Pioche Mine.


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT, OTHER CAVED WORKINGS IN AREA


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, PIOCHE, NEVADA, 1:24000, 1953, PHOTOREVISED 1969.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H. 1970, NBMG BULL. 73, PL. 4


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.