Ben Hur Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013427
MRDS ID D009711
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Hur Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims, Rubie, Mayflower, Ben Hur
Related records 10223485

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.15811, 32.69623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES S 52 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurley West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 013W 35 CENTER OF S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.15811, 32.69623

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. T. Mclendon
    Home office Bayard, N. M.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lucy Newcomb (Estate)
    Home office Long Beach, Ca.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED DURING SURVEYS FOR PATENT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 320-321

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 69

  • Deposit

    PRATT, W. P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-84, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 257, 794 AND 1349 COVERING 55.196 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references