Mine detail: Homestake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.79933, -114.32647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calamine, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Wood River Formation-Argillite, Quartzite, Limestone;Milligen Formation-Black Argillite
Host type:	Quartzite,Argillite,Limestone
Structure:	Mine Is In Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault That Dips Sw., Shear Zone Strikes N 25 W Dips 50 Deg Sw Beds Strike Nw Dip Sw.
Alteration processes:	Oxidized Ores Persist Throughout Mine

References

MRDS	M060180
DEP	10042406
Reference	{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G. AND ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, P. 192-19}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, BULL. 81}{Production:: UMPLEBY, 1930, USGS BULL. 814, P. 193-195}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Everett, Sandra E.