The Henderson Gulch Placer is a gold and tungsten mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 4,649 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: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 46.50167, -113.26167
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Henderson Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henderson Gulch Placer
Secondary: Henderson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Henderson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Jake Schneider Phillipsburg, Mt
Owner Name: Henderson Tungsten Co.
Home Office: C/O J. D. Drent, Hall, Mt
Production
Year: 1949
Time Period: 1866-1949
Mined: 3.000 mt
Material type: gold
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1939-1941
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.06 Lb/Cu Yd
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1866-1913
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.005 Oz/Cu Yd
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer Au-PGE
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: John Long Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED DEPOSIT IS TRIANGULAR - SHAPED INTRUSION
Structure
Type: R
Description: Phillipsburg Batholith, Phillipsburg Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Sunrise And Henderson Mountain Anticline, Fracture Zone Trending N 60 E, Dipping E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Newland Limestone, Shale Altered To Hornfels, Tactite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASSUME MINING OF GRANODIORITE INTRUSION TO DEPTH OF 120 M.
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION ON DREDGE TAILINGS SEC. 29, T. 9N, R. 13W
Comment (Geology): DISSEMINATED AG AND W IN 57 ACRE INTRUSION IN SEC. 2 AND 3, T8N, R14W,R42W
Comment (Production): IN 1943 IT PRODUCED $69685 BUT THE VALUE OF AG AND WO3 INCREASE SO THAT ABOUT $100000 WAS MADE.
Comment (Workings): GROUND SLUICING, HYDRAULIC GIANT, DRIFT MINES, 1939 A STATIONARY WASHER AND DRAG-LINE SHOVEL WERE PUT ON NEW DEAL PROP.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8. 17
Reference (Deposit): USBM PEPT INVES 4914
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 39, 40.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 152
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 263.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 21.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 DIREXPL U. S. BUREAU MINE
Reference (Production): WALKER, USBM R. I. 5612
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
