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Henderson Mill

Producer in Grand county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288380
MAS/MILS ID 0080490027
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Mill
Alternate or previous names Henderson West Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.07867, 39.84554 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ute Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Grand

Comments on the location information

  • The mill is about 15 miles NW of the Henderson mine, in the SW/4 sec. 25, T 2 S, R 78 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.07867, 39.84554
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Climas Molybdenum Co.
    ID 500790
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • Crushed ore from the mine is delivered via conveyor to stockpiles that feed 4 semi-autogenous grinding mills. Finely ground ore is sent to banks of flotation cells that concentrate the molybdenite (MoS2) product, which is then filtered, dried, packed, and shipped. The mill capacity is up to 32,000 tons of ore/day. About 8 lb. of MoS2 is recovered from each ton of ore processed. Tailings are transported by pipeline to a dam and pond 1 mile NW of the mill.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:COLO DIV OF MINES SUM OF MIN IND ACT 1975

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE BY MILS 3-80

  • Production

    Climax Molybdenum Co., (no date), An overview of the Henderson molybdenum operation: Empire, CO, brochure, 8 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-93 ABTS U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 25-MAY-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/15/1973
MSHA mine ID0500790
Mine name (MSHA)HENDERSON OPERATIONS
Current operatorClimax Molybdenum Company
Current controller (parent)Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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