North and South Homestake Mines

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101862
MRDS ID D010688
Record type Site
Current site name North and South Homestake Mines
Alternate or previous names Homestake Mines: Claims Patented In 1884, 1891, and 1896, South Homestake, Homestake South, Homestake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75972, 33.75343 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 10.25 MILES N 42 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

Lone 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 006S 011E 25 SW OF SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ADIT OF THE SOUTH HOMESTAKE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mancos Shale
    Rock description Mancos Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75972, 33.75343

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 7.62M

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 first production 1879
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name White Oaks District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Q. B. Q. Mining Co.
    Home office White Oaks, N.M.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudspeth, A. H. (Estate)
    Home office Carrizozo, N.M.
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 441.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 1450 FT. SHAFT AT THE NORTH HOMESTAKE MINE, A 680 FT. SHAFT AT THE SOUTH HOMESTAKE MINE, SEVERAL LONG ADITS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND TWO LARGE GLORY HOLES. ABOUT 10% OF THE WORKINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 34-38

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 33-36

  • Deposit

    SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11

  • Deposit

    SMITH, C.T., 1964 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 15TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 92-99

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SHOOTS AND POCKETS WITHIN A NORTH TRENDING BRECCIA ZONE. STOPING WIDTH ALONG THE VEIN RANGED FROM 12 IN. TO 25 FT... THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 146, 614, AND 621 COVERING 51.245 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 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