The Henebergh Tunnel is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.68333, -117.06667
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Henebergh Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henebergh Tunnel
Secondary: Heneberg Tunnel
Secondary: Rainbow No. 1-7 Claims
Secondary: Round Mountain Area
Secondary: Henebergn Tunnel
Secondary: Hendenberg Tunnel.
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Henebergh
Home Office: Round Mountain
Years: 1966 -
Owner Name: Nevada Uranium Products Corp.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N55e, 90 Fault Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Aplite Is Almost Completely Altered To Clay Minerals.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLES REPORTEDLY CONTAIN UP TO 0.16% U3O8. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN LESS THAN 0.05 % U3O8.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 OPEN CUTS, A 366 FT ADIT, A 40 FT RAISE, AND A 200 FT WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 88-89
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.
