Henderson Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270380
MRDS ID W013387
MAS/MILS ID 0300390084
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Mine
Alternate or previous names H & H Mines, Henderson Gulch Mine
Related records 10099710

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.31402, 46.48319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 014 W 02 NENENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.31402, 46.48319

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Henderson Gulch

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Description Placer Production Previous To Location 1000000 U.S. Dollars (1866-1913)
  • Year 1942
    Description Of Large Low Grade Orebody 940000 U.S. Dollars (1943-1950)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATES WERE TAKEN FROM MINERAL PROPERTY BACKUP FILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS,W.H. AND CALKINS,F.C.,1913, GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPSBURG QUADRANGLE,MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 78, P.103.

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN,R.J.,1949, INVESTIGATION OF HENDERSON GULCH

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT,GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4513, 8P.

  • Deposit

    WALKER,D.D.,1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONTANA, DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE PHILLIPSBURG BATHOLITH, GRANITE AND DEER LODGE

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES: U.S.BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    5612, P.17-18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODY WAS FIRST LOCATED AS PLACER AND LARGE LOW GRADE DEPOSIT LATER DISCOVERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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