Ben Hur Mine

The Ben Hur Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ben Hur Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Rubie
Secondary: Mayflower
Secondary: Ben Hur

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Lucy Newcomb (Estate)
Home Office: Long Beach, Ca.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: C. T. Mclendon
Home Office: Bayard, N. M.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 257, 794 AND 1349 COVERING 55.196 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED DURING SURVEYS FOR PATENT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 320-321

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W. P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-84, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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