The Ben Harrison is a silver, gold, antimony, copper, and zinc mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.74444, -118.57639
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Ben Harrison MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Harrison
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Campbell-Oregon Mining Co.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RATIO OF SILVER TO GOLD VARIES FROM 50:1 TO 1:1
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, NEAR THE HEAD OF CLEAR CREEK
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS FRAGMENTED, SERICITIZED AND KAOLINIZED GRANODIORITE CEMENTED AND PARTLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ. GOUGE ALONG BOTH WALLS. INCLUSIONS OF CHLORITIC GREENSTONES AND GARNET-BIOTITE SCHIST IN GRANODIORITE. ; GEOL.DESC: FILLING IS SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE BRECCIA AND GOUGE CEMENTED AND PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ APLITE DIKES ABUNDANT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS FROM 2 ADITS & SHAFT. OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $425,000
Comment (Production): RECORDS SCARCE, OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $425,000
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 68 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 107 , 110 .
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