Homestake Mine

The Homestake Mine is a lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Mine
Secondary: Jaguar Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: L. J. Williams
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1940
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite

Type: L
Description: Vein Strikes Into Steep Hillside Of Monzonite; 1/2 Mile West Of Paymaster Jackalo Vein (Major Ne-Trending Fissure Vein)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidaton To 50 Ft Depth

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.500000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: EARLY 1900'S ORE VALUES AVERAGED 9% PB, 3% CU, 14% ZN, 10 OZ/T AG.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES ENCOUNTERED AT ABOUT 50 FT. DEPTH. VEIN AVERAGES 6 FT WIDE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. VEIN OUTCROPS EXTEND ABOUT 6300 FT TO SOUTH, BUT NOT TRACEABLE TO NORTH INTO BASIN. ABOVE DESCRIBES MAIN HOMESTAKE VEIN. UPPER PORTION OF VEIN IS RELATIVELY HIGHER IN COPPER, MIDDLE PORTION IN LEAD, AND LOWER PART IN ZINC.

Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE NORTH OF PAYMASTER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, CONTIGUOUS; ONLY ONE YEAR OF PRODUCTION REPORTED UNDER JAGUAR MINE; OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED FARLEY (1927), J. VROMAN (1928), K.C. RICHMOND, J. WILLIAMS

Comment (Workings): 800 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SHAFTS (60, 200, AND 150 FT); DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; THE 150 FT SHAFT IS INCLINED 30 DEGREES; 300 FT OF DRIFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-762 (1:48000).

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #27, HOMESTAKE MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA-HOMESTAKE MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, HOMESTAKE MINE.

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