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Van Henry Claim

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046995
MRDS ID M242232
Record type Site
Current site name Van Henry Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49195, 35.79944 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To With In 1/2 Square Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 058E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT SOUTH OF HOOISIER MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hydrozincite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Brecciated And Dolomitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bird Springs Formation
    Rock description Bird Springs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49195, 35.79944
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGHER IN BIRDSPRINGS FM THAN HOOSIER MINE 1000 FT TO N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Galena Canyon Mining Co
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca
    First year 1931

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 60 AND 150 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 162, P. 151

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL LOCAL BEDDING IN STRIKE BUT WITH DEEPER DIPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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