Ben Nevis

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247022
MRDS ID D009038
MAS/MILS ID 0350130046
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Nevis
Related records 10012993

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.56027, 32.43433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1784
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 S 004 E 32 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Piedmont alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shriner Estate
    Home office Texas
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    A PEGMATITE DEPOSIT WITH SULFIDES

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM K C 1935 NMBM BULL 11 P198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references