Homestake

The Homestake is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake
Secondary: Lead

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PIPES AND LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Black Hills Dome

Type: L
Description: Local Subsidiary Domes, Lead Syncline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NATIVE AU CONTAINS AVERAGE OF 17 PERCENT AG, 1 PERCENT CU AND OTHER METALS

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): SLAUGHTER, A. L., 1968, THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: J. D. RIDGE, ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. II, A.I.M.E., NEW YORK, 1968, P. 1436-1459

Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, J. A., ET AL, 1949, STRUCTURE OF A PART OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND THE HOMESTAKE MINE, LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA: BULL. G.S.A. 60: 321-352

Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, D. H., 1949, THE HOMESTAKE MINE: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL 70 (12): 49-53

Reference (Deposit): THE HOMESTAKE ENTERPRISE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL VOL. 132, NO. 12, 1932

Reference (Deposit): 1876 DIREXPL HOMESTAKE MINING CO.: CONTINUED PRODUCTION

Reference (Deposit): 1904 GEOLMAP IRVING, J. D., ET AL, PROF. PAPER 26

Reference (Production): ITEM 8: SIMONS, F.S., AND PRINZ, W.C., GOLD, IN: UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P.267. ITEMS 9 AND 10: SLAUGHTER, A.L., THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, AND U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1966-1971, AND CONOLLY, T., 1974, MINING ENG. 26(3): 24-27. (COMPILATION).

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