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Henebergh Tunnel

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072146
MRDS ID W016431
Record type Site
Current site name Henebergh Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Heneberg Tunnel, Rainbow No. 1-7 Claims, Round Mountain Area, Henebergn Tunnel, Hendenberg Tunnel.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06759, 38.68326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 1.75 MILES SOUTH OF ROUND MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) The Aplite Is Almost Completely Altered To Clay Minerals.

Analytical data

Result SELECT SAMPLES REPORTEDLY CONTAIN UP TO 0.16% U3O8. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN LESS THAN 0.05 % U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06759, 38.68326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N55e, 90 Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 90
    Length 609.6M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Surfaces.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer John Henebergh

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Uranium Products Corp.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henebergh
    Home office Round Mountain
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 OPEN CUTS, A 366 FT ADIT, A 40 FT RAISE, AND A 200 FT WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 88-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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