USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Eureka County
Benjamin Harrison Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Eureka
- Mining district
- Cortez District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Roberts Mtn Thrust Alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration To Sericite, Calcite, Quartz, & Pyrite 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…
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 2000 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 34 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: rmal Alteration To Sericite, Calcite, Quartz, & Pyrite Deposit: The property has been developed by tunnels and pits which follow the…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Argentite
- Galena
- Argentite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Quartz-monzonite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (34)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60600
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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