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Ben Hur Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055474
MRDS ID SD02027
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Hur Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.82697, 44.33746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 1.21 KM. SOUTHEAST OF TROJAN, SOUTH DAKOTA; SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 1 , T 4 N, R 2 E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 002E 01 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Thoroughly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Sills And Dikes
    Rock description Porphyry Sills And Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.82697, 44.33746
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, Sill And Dike

Ore body information

  • Strike S
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • South And Southwest Trending Vertical Fractures; Lower Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Bald Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bald Mountain Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN DRIFT BEGAN IN SCHIST, ENCOUNTERED A PORPHYRY DIKE, CROSSED A FAULT, AND ENCOUNTERED ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BETWEEN BASAL QUARTZITE AND OVERLYING PORPHYRY SILL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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