The Hendrys Creek Prospects is a copper, barium-barite, silver, and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.20111, -114.05861
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Hendrys Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hendrys Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Moriam Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.8% PB, 5.8% BARITE, 2.3OZ/+ AG.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON AND NEAR A SMALL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG WEST-AND SOUTH-TRENDING FAULTS
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND DOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR THE BLM.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE 'REPORT MLA 50-83.
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.
