Homestake Mine

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 than forty million troy ounces of gold during its lifetime. This is about 2,500 cubic feet (71 m³) or a volume of gold roughly equal to 18,677 US gallons. The mine has since reopened and has been owned and operated by Dakota Gold Corp since 2022.

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1876 — 2003 

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  Homestake Mine ⓘ
  underground gold mine

1876-04-01T00:00:00Z

2003-06-10T00:00:00Z

1876 — 2003 Homestake Mine

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The Three Tracks, Lead, South Dakota - postcard

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• A 3D Broadband Seismometer Array Experiment at the Homestake Mine - scholarly article by Vuk Mandic et al published 22 August 2018 in Seismological Research Letters, Q1860
• Stratigraphy and Metamorphism in a part of the Northern Black Hills and the Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota - scholarly article, Q1860, 1948

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	mine	1876	Homestake Mine	gold mine	Wikidata
commons	image		Quartz-191723		Commons
commons	image		Bournonite-Pyrite-Quartz-rhqtz-29b		Commons
commons	image		Bournonite-Pyrite-Quartz-rhqtz-29a		Commons
commons	image		Silver-d73a		Commons
commons	image		Silver-d73b		Commons
commons	image		Quartz-Bournonite-Pyrite-159833		Commons
commons	image		The Three Tracks, Lead, South Dakota - postcard		Commons
commons	image		GideonMoody		Commons
commons	image		Homestake Mining Co. Hydroelectric Plant No. 2 near Spearfish, South Dakota, 2014		Commons
commons	image		Homestake Mine Visitor Center, Lead, SD 20110822 1		Commons