Homestake Claim Group

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039396
MRDS ID M050023
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Claim Group
Related records 10161318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.12705, 32.07345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 MILES WSW OF JOHNSON ON WEST EDGE OF SECTION 5.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Pedro Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 05 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist;Abrigo Formation
    Rock description Pinal Schist;Abrigo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.12705, 32.07345

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HOMESTAKE NO 1 CLAIM IS IN AMPHIBOLITE (METABASALT) UNIT OF PINAL SCHIST. AMPHIBOLITE IS LENTICULAR MASS UP TO 500 FT. WIDE PARALLELING SCHISTOSITY FOR 1800 FT. CUT BY TERTIARY APLITE DIKES. OTHER VEINS CUT ABRIGO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer J. J. Wien And A. H. Yeagley

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS, ONE SHORT ADIT AND A SHAFT IN AMPHIBOLITE UNIT.

Comments on development

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES ARE IN AMPHIBOLITE (METABASALT) UNIT AND ARE SPORADICALLY LOCATED. ALSO, 1500 FT. FROM HOMESTAKE NO. 1 CLAIM ARE 4 TO 24 INCH. MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS IN ABRIGO FM. THESE STRIKE N60E DIP STEEPLY S. ARE 100 TO 200 FT. LONG ARRANGED EN ECHELON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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