Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Past Producer

Homestake Mine

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
LeadCopperSilverGoldZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNe-Trending Quartz Vein Cutting Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockDiorite,Hornblendite
StructureE-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite, Vein Strikes Into Steep Hillside Of Monzonite; 1/2 Mile West Of Paymaster Jackalo Vein (Major Ne-Trending Fissure Vein)
AlterationSurface Oxidaton To 50 Ft Depth
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1940
Last production1940
Identification
Deposit ID10088913
MRDS IDM899909
Alternate namesJaguar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.42097, -110.74289
References
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #27, HOMESTAKE MINE.ADMR FILE DATA-HOMESTAKE MINE.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, HOMESTAKE MINE.SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-762 (1:48000).ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.