Description
Moses Manuel And Frank Harney
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPES AND LENSES
Ore controlTightly Folded Plunging Anticlines And Synclines
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueMagnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Specularite
Geology
Associated rockSyenite,Rhyolite,Granite · Granite Porphyry, Cutting Stock;Rhyolite & Syenite Dikes;Amphibolite, Irregular Intrusives
StructureBlack Hills Dome, Local Subsidiary Domes, Lead Syncline
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationChloritization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1876-1974
First production1876
Last production1974
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10069099
MRDS IDW002489
Alternate namesLead
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.25552, -103.84669
References
SLAUGHTER, A. L., 1968, THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: J. D. RIDGE, ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. II, A.I.M.E., NEW YORK, 1968, P. 1436-1459NOBLE, J. A., ET AL, 1949, STRUCTURE OF A PART OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND THE HOMESTAKE MINE, LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA: BULL. G.S.A. 60: 321-352MCLAUGHLIN, D. H., 1949, THE HOMESTAKE MINE: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL 70 (12): 49-53THE HOMESTAKE ENTERPRISE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL VOL. 132, NO. 12, 19321876 DIREXPL HOMESTAKE MINING CO.: CONTINUED PRODUCTION1904 GEOLMAP IRVING, J. D., ET AL, PROF. PAPER 26ITEM 8: SIMONS, F.S., AND PRINZ, W.C., GOLD, IN: UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P.267. ITEMS 9 AND 10: SLAUGHTER, A.L., THE HOMESTAKE MINE, IN: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, AND U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1966-1971, AND CONOLLY, T., 1974, MINING ENG. 26(3): 24-27. (COMPILATION).