Mine detail: Homestake Claim

Previously called 'Includes Tom Crown Lease and Probably the Golden Burg Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.18799, -117.69899

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Chert
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Chert Wallrock Has Been Bleached And Softened Close To The Vein

References

MRDS	M241859
DEP	10046665
Reference	{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 141-142}{Deposit:: PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS; HOWELL NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)