The Ben Hur Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.3375, -103.82639
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Ben Hur Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Hur Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Bald Mountain 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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bald Mountain Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault, Sill And Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Thoroughly Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BETWEEN BASAL QUARTZITE AND OVERLYING PORPHYRY SILL
Comment (Workings): THE MAIN DRIFT BEGAN IN SCHIST, ENCOUNTERED A PORPHYRY DIKE, CROSSED A FAULT, AND ENCOUNTERED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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