The Henrietta Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,689 feet.
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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: 5,689 Feet (1,734 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.01333, -116.85278
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Henrietta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henrietta Mine
Secondary: Big I
Secondary: Central
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Delamar District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Big Four Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Terminates Against Fault That Dips 60 Deg W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching; Sericite; Kaolin; Gouge
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN CARRIES $3 TO $4 IN AU PER 100 OZ. AG PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Miargyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LINDGREN (P. 132): THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SECOND CLASS ORE AS RESERVES
Comment (Location): ON S. SIDE OF DELAMAR MTN.
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED, 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1950 )
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): CLAY IN VEINS IS VERY RICH IN AU AND AG. THIS IS THE RICHEST SHIPPING ORE. THE ORE IS SHIPPED BECAUSE IT IS SULPH - ANTIMONIDES OF SILVER, WHICH MUST BE ROASTED. THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138
Reference (Production): ASHER, R. R., 1968, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75 -205 (PART 3).
Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL RKG MIN. AND MLG. CO.
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