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Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014485
MRDS ID D011283
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45921, 46.02768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 KM N OF COLUMBIA GARDENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE E RIDGE, ONE OF THE LARGEST MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 OZ AG/TON
Result $2.00/TON AU
Result 4-8% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45921, 46.02768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL IN TO THE HILLSIDE, A SHAFT 75 FT ABOVE THE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TUNNEL WENT THROUGH ALTERED GRANITE WITH NUMEROUS VEINS OF COPPER. IN THE SHAFT 3 VEINS WERE DEVELOPED THAT ARE ABOUT 200 FT APART, THE MIDDLE VEIN IS BEST DEVELOPED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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