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Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104053
MRDS ID M241031
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Related records 10161339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15007, 31.90096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX 1/2 MI S OF PORTAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 031E 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SEC 35. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILICEOUS COPPER OXIDE AND SULFIDE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone, Mainly Penn Horquilla And Earp Formations
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone, Mainly Penn Horquilla And Earp Formations

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15007, 31.90096
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trends Wsw-Ene

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG A FAULT ZONE SEPARATING PENN-PERM LIMESTONE FROM CRET VOLCANICS NEAR A TERT PORPHYRY STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boeckler Mng Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 140 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1912 AND ABOUT 22 TONS IN 1919-1920.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, B.S., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG A FAULT ZONE SEPARATING LIMESTONE FROM VOLCANICS NEAR A PORPHYRY STOCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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