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Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047091
MRDS ID M242339
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Alternate or previous names Elizabeth Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70203, 37.79438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position ABOUT 4.6 AIRMILES N52W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 039E 06 SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SW OF AND ADJACENT TO THE MARY CLAIM. UTM TO AN ADIT ON THE CLAIM. UTM IS TO AN ADIT ON THE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70203, 37.79438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Crushing

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $60,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION CREDITED TO THIS MINE BY 1906 (1906 PRICES)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN A QUARTZ LENS. THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE WESTERN SOLDIER ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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