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Homestake Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101939
MRDS ID DB02183
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Mine
Alternate or previous names Bachelor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4834, 46.88796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.1 KM SE OF STEMPLE PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stemple Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 007W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM NW OF JAY GOULD MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $100/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4834, 46.88796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Peak Stock

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WORTH $100/TON AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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