Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012998
MRDS ID D009044
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Related records 10247054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59724, 32.43707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position ABOUT 13.5 MILES N 52 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 003E 35,36 SE (35); SW (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite Alteration.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Panther Seep Formation
    Rock description Panther Seep Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59724, 32.43707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Limestone Along The Contact With An Overlying Sill.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Organ District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. D. Shipe
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • DUNHAM, P. 240, REPORTED THE PRODUCTION OF LEAD-SILVER ORE FROM THE HOMESTAKE MINE WAS ABOUT 25000 DOLLARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND AN OPEN STOPE AT THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 240-241

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references