Benjamin Harrison Mine

The Benjamin Harrison Mine is a silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.