Hendrys Creek Prospects

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046943
MRDS ID M242173
Record type Site
Current site name Hendrys Creek Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05945, 39.20105 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 070E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON AND NEAR A SMALL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result A SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.8% PB, 5.8% BARITE, 2.3OZ/+ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Eureka Quartzite;Pogonip Group
    Rock description Eureka Quartzite;Pogonip Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05945, 39.20105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Moriam Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE 'REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR THE BLM.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG WEST-AND SOUTH-TRENDING FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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