Homestake Group

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014114
MRDS ID D010754
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Group
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1906, Homestake, Grub-Stake, Butcher Boy
Related records 10126496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.82333, 33.55789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 MILES S 32 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 011E 05 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE HOMESTAKE CLAIM. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 CONTAINED 0.09 TO 1.9% CU
Result 0.27 TO 4.1% PB
Result 0.32 TO 1.34 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.53% ZN
Result AND 0.01 OZ AU/TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Rock description Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.82333, 33.55789

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur In Brecciated Zone Adjacent To Two East-Trending Dikes.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1902

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1902
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bryce Duggar, Carrizozo, N.M. Cleo Duggar
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • CLEO DUGGER OWNS THE CLAIM GROUP EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN END WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA AND WAS PURCHASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 71-74, PLATE 11

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P.74-75, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, AND STRINGERS ALONG AN EAST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1266 COVERING 61.335 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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