Mine detail: Homestake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.92468, -114.07194

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Copper
Gangue:	Alunite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Latite,Andesite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	N-S And E-W Vein Systems, Fault Is Probably Pre-Mineral, For Although Slicks Are Present On Footwall, Vein Is Relatively Unbrecciated.
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Silicification, Silicification

References

MRDS	M032076
DEP	10037376
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73}{Deposit:: USGS, 1920, PP 111, P. 563-568.}{Deposit:: BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 19, 1983.}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)