Henrietta Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044025
MRDS ID M231342
Record type Site
Current site name Henrietta Mine
Alternate or previous names Independent Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0265, 40.60851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 6 MILES WSW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2500 FT. E. OF SWEET MARIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0265, 40.60851

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60-75SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CONNECTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FROM 1937 TO 1954

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.