The Ben Claim is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.87722, -117.39944
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Ben Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 494
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 494, OF MN OXIDE MATERIAL FROM PIT DUMP CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.7% CA, 0.015% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 200 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 150 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 100 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 10 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): MN OXIDE MINERALS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR ASVEINLETS AND MASSIVE FRACTURE FILLING. THE MANGANESE AND QUARTZ ARE EPIGEMTIC, BUT THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR THE MASSIVE MATERIAL TO BE STRATABOUND. THE ENTIRE OUTCROP OF MINERALIZED ROCK IN THE PIT IS ABOUT 1 M BY 2 M.
Comment (Workings): A SHORT ADIT AND PROSPECT PIT; MORE PROSPECT PITS ON RIDGES TO THENORTH AND SOUTH SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAPS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUNE 1984, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174
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.
