Henderson Mine

The Henderson Mine is a tungsten mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,184 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Henderson Mine
Secondary: H & H Mines
Secondary: Henderson Gulch Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Henderson Gulch

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

Year: 1942
Description: Of Large Low Grade Orebody 940000 U.S. Dollars (1943-1950)
Year: 1913
Description: Placer Production Previous To Location 1000000 U.S. Dollars (1866-1913)

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): OREBODY WAS FIRST LOCATED AS PLACER AND LARGE LOW GRADE DEPOSIT LATER DISCOVERED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATES WERE TAKEN FROM MINERAL PROPERTY BACKUP FILE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 5612, P.17-18.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTIES: U.S.BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS

Reference (Deposit): OF THE PHILLIPSBURG BATHOLITH, GRANITE AND DEER LODGE

Reference (Deposit): WALKER,D.D.,1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONTANA, DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4513, 8P.

Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT,GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN,R.J.,1949, INVESTIGATION OF HENDERSON GULCH

Reference (Deposit): PROF. PAPER 78, P.103.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPSBURG QUADRANGLE,MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS,W.H. AND CALKINS,F.C.,1913, GEOLOGY OF THE

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.