The Ben Hur Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,299 Feet (3,139 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.84639, -115.39500
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Ben Hur Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Hur Prospect
Secondary: 3 Claims: Benhur
Secondary: Benhur2
Secondary: Benhur3
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Crater Mining Co., Of New York
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MILE WEST OF BULLION GROUP
Comment (Development): FIRST OWNED BY VUKOVICH BROTHERS OF JARBIDGE; LATER BY CRATER MINING CO.
Comment (Geology): VEIN COMPOSED OF LAMELLAR, PSEUDOMORPHIC QUATZ-ADULARIA GANGUE AND IS ALL OXIDIZED.
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE WIDTH OF BEN HUR VEIN IS 2 1/2-3 FEET. ORE IS ALL OXIDIZED. VEIN IS MOSTLY BANDED AND SHOWS A FIBER-LIKE CROSS GROWTH OR STRUCTURE WHICH BECOMES NOTICEABLE WITH WEATHERING. PART OF THE EAST VEIN SYSTEM: LOT CREATER (GLACIAL CIRGUE) AU OF EASTERN VEINS CONTAINS MORE SILVER THAN THE WEST VEINS. FORMERLY OWNED BY THE VUKOVICH BROTHERS OF JARBIDGE: OWNED BY CRATER MINING CO. GENL OF NEW YORK IN 1920. 3 CLAIMS ON THE BENHUR VEIN, WHICH IS UP TO 14 FEET WIDE ON THE NO. 2 CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONNAISSACE OF THE JARBIDGE... MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL. 497.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
