Homestake

Homestake is a producer of gold, silver in Lawrence County, South Dakota, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1876 to 1974. It is one of 282 historic gold producers USGS lists in Lawrence County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Workings
Underground
Production years
1876 to 1974
Discovered
1876
County
Lawrence County
State
South Dakota
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
USGS record
10069099

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

280 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Lawrence County page lists the biggest.