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Homelode

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10104233
MRDS ID SD02178
Record type Site
Current site name Homelode
Alternate or previous names Stibnite Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58335, 44.11496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position LIES AT THE HEAD OF JENNY GULCH, 2.5 MI NORTH - NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 004E 24 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF THE S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Bindheimite Gangue
Boulangerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.58335, 44.11496
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Country Rock Is Near Vertical, Strikes N 25 Deg W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 9 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Is Essentially Comformable With The Country Rock. Dips 9 Deg W, Strikes N 25 Deg W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jenny Gulch Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Homelode Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO THE 38 FT LEVEL WITH A 12 FT CROSSCUT WHERE A WINZE WAS PUT DOWN TO 200 FT. 221 FT OF CROSSCUTTING ON THE 85 FT LEVEL. A SHORT CROSSCUT TO THE ORE ON THE 125 FT LEVEL. 320 FT OF CROSSCUTTING ON THE 185 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 1950'S ASSESSMENT WORK BY AMUNSEN, FILMORE AND BROWN. ; ECON.COM: 30 - TON CONCENTRATION AMALGAMATION PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS A 12 FOOT OFFSET TO THE WEST AT THE 38 FOOT LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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