The Ben Franklin is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.18111, -121.04167
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Ben Franklin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Franklin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Grass Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1912 - 1917
Year: 1909
Year: 1893
Year: 1872
Year: 1869
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 2 , ALASKA & BEN FRANKLIN 1 - 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, SHAFTS, STOPES
Comment (Geology): ALASKA VEIN IN GRANODIORITE 700 FT. W OF BEN FRANKLIN VEIN WHICH FOLLOWS GRANODIORITE - DIABASE CONTACT
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 30 ACRES CLAIMS INCLUDE ST. STEPHEN, CLEVELAND, WILCOX, AVONDALE, ALASKA & OTHERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO BE $750,000
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 , P. 385 - 386 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 120 .
Reference (Production): MCBOYLE, 1919 ; LOGAN, 1941
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