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Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  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 10088913
MRDS ID M899909
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Alternate or previous names Jaguar Mine
Related records 10210192

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74289, 31.42097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF GUAJOLOTE FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 19 NE OF NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidaton To 50 Ft Depth

Analytical data

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 58.5
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 58

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74289, 31.42097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Strikes Into Steep Hillside Of Monzonite; 1/2 Mile West Of Paymaster Jackalo Vein (Major Ne-Trending Fissure Vein)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 1920.24M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Quartz Vein Cutting Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. J. Williams
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

Comments on 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #27, HOMESTAKE MINE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA-HOMESTAKE MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, HOMESTAKE MINE.

  • 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).

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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