| Deposit ID | 10012993 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ben Nevis Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims Patented In 1911, Ben Nevis, King Soloman, Maggie Dodd |
| Related records | 10247022 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.56029, 32.43457 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1798 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15.5 MILES N 59 E OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 004E | 32 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetradymite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Piedmont alluvial deposits |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Organ District: San Augustin Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Schreiner |
| First year | 1903 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009038 |
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 198
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1409 COVERING 58.224 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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