Homestake Deposit

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265982
MAS/MILS ID 0160850512
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.32786, 44.93238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 009 E 02 NWNWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.32786, 44.93238

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 1134210mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.057 g/mt Gold Major 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT STIBNITE MINING PROJECT

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD MINE AND MILL, MAY 1981.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 969-F, P 184 AND PLS 38 & 39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-APR-85 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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