Ben Nevis Mine

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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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

Name: Ben Nevis Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Dona Ana

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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