Henrietta Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony
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. 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 10069923
MRDS ID W007707
Record type Site
Current site name Henrietta Mine
Alternate or previous names Big I, Central
Related records 10192763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.85375, 43.01321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1734
Relative position LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DELAMAR CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 004W 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. SIDE OF DELAMAR MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Miargyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching; Sericite; Kaolin; Gouge

Analytical data

Result VEIN CARRIES $3 TO $4 IN AU PER 100 OZ. AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver City Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.85375, 43.01321

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Terminates Against Fault That Dips 60 Deg W.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Four Development Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LINDGREN (P. 132): THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SECOND CLASS ORE AS RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 220.98M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED, 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1950 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75 -205 (PART 3).

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL RKG MIN. AND MLG. CO.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY IN VEINS IS VERY RICH IN AU AND AG. THIS IS THE RICHEST SHIPPING ORE. THE ORE IS SHIPPED BECAUSE IT IS SULPH - ANTIMONIDES OF SILVER, WHICH MUST BE ROASTED. THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references