Ben Hur Mine

The Ben Hur Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Ben Hur Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.05083, -116.44111

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Ben Hur Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ben Hur Mine
Secondary: Cedar Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bellehelen District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Anderson, C. A.
Home Office: Tonopah


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Kawich Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Kawich Resurgent Caldron


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT WAS PRODUCED IN 1928.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT SHAFT WITH 150 FT OF DRIFTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 50.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, MILS, 1979


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.