The Ben West Hill prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado.
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Ben West Hill prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben West Hill prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1981 report suggested that low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver-lead-zinc deposits may occur in this area. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Location): On the south and west flanks of Ben West Hill, about 1-1/2 mile north of Westcliffe, in the NW/4 sec. 8, T 22 S, R 72 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W. N., 1978, Geologic map of the Silver Cliff and Rosita volcanic centers, Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1081.
Reference (Deposit): Fieldman, D.W. and Crowley, F.P., 1980, Silver deposits in the southern portion of the Silver Cliff caldera, in Silver Cliff volcanic center and Tallahassee Creek uranium deposits: Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society Guidebook, pp. 1-14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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