Ben Hur Mine (Ben Hurr Mine; Lola Dean Mine; Christmas Gift Mine), Weber Peak, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 57' 34'' North , 109° 37' 45'' West |
| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 32.9594444444, -109.629166667 |
Mineralization is a vein deposit with a tabular ore body hosted in Escabrosa Limestone and with a shear zone striking N75°E and dipping 80°S, along a contact. Ore control was a fault. Ore concentration was fissure filling. An associated rock unit is mafic intrusives.
Area structures include Block faulting trending NNW. Regional trends: minor Pre-Cretaceous E- and NE-trending folds and major Post-Cretaceous NNW-trending faults.
Mineral List
6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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References
Ross, Clyde P. (1925b) Geology and Ore Deposits of Aravaipa and Stanley Mining Districts, Graham County, Arizona USGS Bull. 763.
Simons, F.S. (1964) Geology of the Klondyke Quadrangle Graham and Pinal Counties. USGS Professional Paper 461.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
USGS Safford Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Arizona Mining Claims Lead File #26703 (1879).
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Walnut group file.
Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
MRDS database Dep. ID #10014578, MRDS ID #D011413; and Dep. ID #10039436, MRDS ID #M050078; and Dep. ID #10160834, MAS ID #0040090061.
Simons, F.S. (1964) Geology of the Klondyke Quadrangle Graham and Pinal Counties. USGS Professional Paper 461.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
USGS Safford Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Arizona Mining Claims Lead File #26703 (1879).
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Walnut group file.
Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
MRDS database Dep. ID #10014578, MRDS ID #D011413; and Dep. ID #10039436, MRDS ID #M050078; and Dep. ID #10160834, MAS ID #0040090061.