The Benjamin Harrison Mine is a silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Benjamin Harrison Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Benjamin Harrison Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration To Sericite, Calcite, Quartz, & Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Location): LIES EAST OF BULLION HILL GROUP, ON AN ODJOINING CLAIM
Comment (Development): $8000 IN SILVER WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, PITS
Comment (Production): $8000 IN SILVER HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1910.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS AND PITS WHICH FOLLOW THE ORE VEIN FOR ABOUT 2000 FT. $8,000 IN AG WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (6967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 35, REFERENCE NO. 3201100068
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA, COS. USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY J., & MASURKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV, USGS BULL 1175
Reference (Production): EMMONS, W.H., 1910
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
