Ben Hur Mine

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262081
MAS/MILS ID 0060730826
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Hur Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.53024, 33.02786 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Julian(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013 S 004 E 24 NWNWSW California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: FOUR MILES UP CHARIOT CANYON ROAD OUT OF BANNER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.53024, 33.02786

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ben Hur
    ID 402456
    Home office 1324 Edgemont St., San Diego, Ca. 92102
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT: APRIL, 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/16/1982
MSHA mine ID0402456
Mine name (MSHA)Ben Hur Mine
Current operatorBen Hur
Current controller (parent)Hartmann Henry A
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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