USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Homestake Claim
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Gilbert (Desert) District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Includes Tom Crown Lease and Probably the Golden Burg Tunnel
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Chert Wallrock Has Been Bleached And Softened Close To The Vein Deposit: Quartz vein heavily stained by manganese oxide Development: A small shipment was made from the upper level on the tom crown lease, about 75 ft above the tunnel
Additional documented workings
-
Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 75 ft.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 75 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 31 shaft symbols
- 11 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
· length 75 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: artz vein heavily stained by manganese oxide Development: A small shipment was made from the upper level on the tom crown lease, abou… -
Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: pment: A small shipment was made from the upper level on the tom crown lease, about 75 ft above the tunnel
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Chert
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Rhyolite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (31)
- mapped adit symbols (11)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428904
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
- underground workings
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