| Deposit ID | 10039436 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050078 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ben Hur Mine |
| Related records | 10160834 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.34901, 32.94927 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NW OF IMPERIAL MTN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005S | 019E | 36 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Limestone |
| Rock description | Escabrosa Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -110.34901, 32.94927 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
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| Year | 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^12.5 % Pb, 2.4 % Zn, 1.3 Oz. Ag/Ton, 0.07 Oz. Au/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1950 - 1952 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^30 % Pb | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 215M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050078 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
CIMRI
SIMONS 1964.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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