Commodities
PrimaryGold, Tungsten
SecondarySand and Gravel, Construction
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer Au-PGE
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formDISSEMINATED DEPOSIT IS TRIANGULAR - SHAPED INTRUSION
Ore controlGranodiorite Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Newland Limestone
StructurePhillipsburg Batholith, Phillipsburg Overthrust, Sunrise And Henderson Mountain Anticline, Fracture Zone Trending N 60 E, Dipping E
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
AlterationNewland Limestone, Shale Altered To Hornfels, Tactite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1957
Discovery year1866
Identification
Deposit ID10099710
MRDS IDW013387
Alternate namesHenderson
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.50156, -113.26259
References
USBM REPT INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8. 17USBM PEPT INVES 4914MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 39, 40.USGS PP 610, P. 152USGS PP 78, P. 263.MBMG BULL 10, P. 21.1947 DIREXPL U. S. BUREAU MINEWALKER, USBM R. I. 5612