The Henry Mine is a coal mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Coal
Lat, Long: 43.8875, -116.21000
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Henry Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henry Mine
Secondary: Robb Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Coal
Tertiary: Lignite
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Horseshoe Bend
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: Mr. Henry
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): APPARENTLY SOME COAL WAS PRODUCED; BUT NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1911 RECON BOWEN, BULL. 53
Reference (Production): BOWEN, C. F., 1911, USGS BULL. 531, P. 249
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BOWEN, C. F., 1911 , USGS BULL. 531 , P. 249 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, C. F., 1913 , COAL AT HORSESHOE BEND AND JERUSALEM VALLEY, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 531-H, P. 245 - 25
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