The Ben Hur Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.94917, -110.34833
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Ben Hur Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Hur Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1950 - 1952
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 % Pb
Year: 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^12.5 % Pb, 2.4 % Zn, 1.3 Oz. Ag/Ton, 0.07 Oz. Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER BEN HUR AND LEAD KING IN USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Comment (Development): LAST OPERATORS OF BOTH MINES INCLUDE BEN HUR MINING CO., C. WILLIAMSON AND GULLEDGE
Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED SHAFT 115 FT.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED AREA AT INTERSECTION OF TWO FAULTS IN LIMESTONE WHICH IS INTRUDED BY DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): SIMONS 1964.
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