Ben Harrison Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019997
MRDS ID DC12143
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Harrison Mine
Alternate or previous names New Stockton
Related records 10202706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32997, 40.46494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 10,100 FT N 78 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004W 17 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 22% PB, 13 OZ. AG/TON, 1.30 DOLLAR/TON AU, LITTLE COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32997, 40.46494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fissures And Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 500,000 DOLLARS IN ORE FROM 1907-1927

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1927: OPENED BY 1000 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS TURNED AT 200, 500, 700, 850 AND 1000 FT, DRIFTS ON ALL LEVELS AND LONG CROSSCUTS ON 500 AND 700

Comments on development

  • OWNED IN 1927 BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS LOCALIZED ALONG CONTACTS OF N, N 20E AND N 50 E FISSURES WITH BEN HARRISON AND BLACK BEAR LIMESTONE HORIZONS OF THE OQUIRRH FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references