Homestake Mine

Unknown in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259079
MRDS ID D002383
MAS/MILS ID 0040191031
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Related records 10107806

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.75071, 32.16681 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sil Nakya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.75071, 32.16681

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IN SILVERBELL DIST EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.