USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Graham County
Ben Hur
Source Corroborated Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 3 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Christmas Gift, Ben Hurr, Lola Dean
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Cu prospect/occurrence/mine located in the N½ sec. 36, T5S, R26E. Unpatented claims extend into secs. 25, 26 & 35. Mineralization is a vein deposit with a tabular ore body hosted in Escabrosa Limestone and with a she…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Safford , 1960
- Adit : Weber Peak , 1985
- Shaft : Safford , 1960
- Shaft : Weber Peak , 1985
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Adams, Don C. Et Ux · Source-reported owner · 1979
- Talley,Van A And Chesley · Source-reported owner · 1957
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Cerussite
- Chrysocolla
- Fluorite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Specularite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (3)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 62419
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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