Lode
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In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fracture in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock. The current mean
Gold-bearing quartz veins, Blue Ribbon Mine, Alaska
The Homestake Mine was a deep underground gold mine located in Lead, South Dakota. Until it closed in 2002, it was the largest and deepest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere. The mine produced more t
Lode
…although it is overshadowed by the more recently discovered Cannington Lode in Queensland, Australia. The largest gold lode in the United States was the Homestake Lode. The Broken Hill Lode in South Australia is the largest lead-zinc lode ever discovered. Binger Hermann…
The Homestake Mine pit in Lead, South Dakota
Typical auriferous (gold-bearing) greenschist gold ore from the Homestake Mine. Two small masses of native gold (Au) are visible near the bottom margin.
The Homestake Mine in 1889
Share of the Homestake Mining Company, issued 5. November 1879