The Henrietta Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,381 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.60861, -117.02556
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Henrietta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henrietta Mine
Secondary: Independent Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, CONNECTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 60 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, AN INCLINED SHAFT AND CONNECTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FROM 1937 TO 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 2500 FT. E. OF SWEET MARIE MINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1937 TO 1954, FROM 2016 TONS ORE WHICH AVERAGED 0.015 OZ/TON AU; 0.33 OZ/TON AG; 9.67% CU, HAVING A TOTAL VALUE OF $41,736.00
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FROM 1937 TO 1954
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
