Mine detail: Homestake Group

Previously called 'Claims Patented In 1906HomestakeGrub-StakeButcher Boy'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.55789, -105.82333
dep_id: 10014114
mrds_id: D010754
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Sierra Blanca Volcanics
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Deposits Occur In Brecciated Zone Adjacent To Two East-Trending Dikes.
yr_lst_prd: 1902
References:
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 71-74, PLATE 11
  • Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P.74-75, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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