Hendrys Creek Prospects

The Hendrys Creek Prospects is a copper, barium-barite, silver, and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Hendrys Creek Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.20111, -114.05861

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Hendrys Creek Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hendrys Creek Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Moriam Area


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.8% PB, 5.8% BARITE, 2.3OZ/+ AG.


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Barite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON AND NEAR A SMALL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG WEST-AND SOUTH-TRENDING FAULTS

Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND DOZER CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR THE BLM.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE 'REPORT MLA 50-83.


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.