New Mexico · Dona Ana County
Past Producer
Ben Nevis Mine
Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Silver
Lead
Copper
Zinc
Bismuth
Tellurium
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Commodities
Primary
Silver
Secondary
Lead
Tertiary
Copper, Zinc, Bismuth, Tellurium
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
LENSE
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue
Actinolite, Albite, Apatite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Orthoclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite · Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10012993
MRDS ID
D009038
Alternate names
Ben Nevis, King Soloman, Maggie Dodd, Claims Patented In 1911
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.43457, -106.56029
References
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 198SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84