Henrietta Mine

The Henrietta Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,381 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

Name: Henrietta Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.60861, -117.02556

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Henrietta Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Henrietta Mine
Secondary: Independent Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Iron


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, CONNECTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 60 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, AN INCLINED SHAFT AND CONNECTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FROM 1937 TO 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): 2500 FT. E. OF SWEET MARIE MINE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1937 TO 1954, FROM 2016 TONS ORE WHICH AVERAGED 0.015 OZ/TON AU; 0.33 OZ/TON AG; 9.67% CU, HAVING A TOTAL VALUE OF $41,736.00

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FROM 1937 TO 1954


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.