Benjamin Harrison Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10044690
MRDS ID M232253
Record type Site
Current site name Benjamin Harrison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57148, 40.18602 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 048E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LIES EAST OF BULLION HILL GROUP, ON AN ODJOINING CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration To Sericite, Calcite, Quartz, & Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57148, 40.18602

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • $8000 IN SILVER HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1910.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, PITS

Comments on development

  • $8000 IN SILVER WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (6967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 35, REFERENCE NO. 3201100068

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA, COS. USGS BULL 408

  • Deposit

    GILLULY J., & MASURKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV, USGS BULL 1175

  • Production

    EMMONS, W.H., 1910

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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