The Ben Nevis Mine is a silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.43444, -106.55972
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Ben Nevis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Nevis Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1911
Secondary: Ben Nevis
Secondary: King Soloman
Secondary: Maggie Dodd
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: Charles Schreiner
Years: 1903 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetradymite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SUGARLOAF PEAK QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY IS THE MOST VOLATILE-RICH AND ONE OF THE LATEST PHASES OF THE ORGAN BATHOLITH.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED IN THE CANYON SOUTHEAST OF SAN AUGUSTIN PEAK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF THREE SHORT TUNNELS.
Comment (Deposit): THREE CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1409 COVERING 58.224 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 198
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84
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