Homestake Mine

The Homestake Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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 Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 38.91806, -119.25611

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Homestake Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Homestake Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4407


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Copper Sulfides And Galena Occur In Both Vein And Replacement Ore. Some Of The Quartz Vein Was Brecciated Near Fissures In The South End Of The Camp.


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): LITERATURE PLACES MINE 2 MI. SW OF MCCONNELL MINE

Comment (Production): SHIPPED SMALL TONNAGE OF CU - AG ORE ABOUT 1940

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BEFORE 1940 BUT THERE ARE DETAILED RECORDS.

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METASOMATIC

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND ADITS IN A NARROW, NORTH TRENDING CANYON A QUARTER MILE WIDE AND A HALF MILE LONG

Comment (Geology): THE NORTHERN-MOST WORKINGS ARE IN META-SEDIMENTS WHILE THE WORKINGS TO THE SOUTH ARE MORE IN GRANITE.

Comment (Deposit): POOR ACCESS TO THIS PART OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).


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.