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Henrietta Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027183
MRDS ID M002396
Record type Site
Current site name Henrietta Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Bug, Gopher, Henrietta-Gopher
Related records 10234355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2913, 34.46116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF POLAND JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 31 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result LOWER LEVEL ASSAY: 3.2 % CU, 14 % FE, 0.2 OZ. AU/TON, 2.7 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2913, 34.46116
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 70 W
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pland Junction Mining Corp.
    Home office Mayer, Az.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM (1) IS $1,200,000 OF GOLD PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE. DURING 1984-1986, INTERMITTANT PRODUCTION OF PYRITIC CONCENTRATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-1986, CONSTRUCTION OF GRAVITY MILL AND INTERMITTANT PRODUCTION OF PYRITIC CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.S.B.M. BULL. 140 , P. 101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND IS LOCALIZED NEAR RHYOLITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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