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Southern Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036090
MRDS ID M024123
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Homestake Mine
Alternate or previous names Southern Homestead
Related records 10163869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.182, 35.93665 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 4 MI WNW MANLY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manly Fall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 044E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED LOC. REPORTED IN REF. NOT LIKELY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A LITTLE VERY FINE, FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $7-$16/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.182, 35.93665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 10 - 15 SE
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILL INTRUDES CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE AND GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED TUNNELS AND LATERAL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 51

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 421

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED SILL 2 - 15 FT. THICK ALTERED, SILICIFIED, ORE BODIES 4 - 10 FT. THICK
Deposit 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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