Bee Hive Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026939
MRDS ID M001181
Record type Site
Current site name Bee Hive Mine
Alternate or previous names Beehive Gold, Zieger, Peterson Group Claims
Related records 10186652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.68158, 34.15838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF YARNELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 004W 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.68158, 34.15838

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25 E; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Deg

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip 30-40NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cruiser Minerals Ltd.
    Home office Vancouver, British Columbia
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Multi-Minerals, Ltd.
    First year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE TWO MAJOR TUNNELS AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF SHAFTS. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE REHABILITATED AND CHANNEL SAMPLED APPROXIMATELY 1984 TO 1986.

Comments on development

  • 5 OF THE 7 CLAIMS ARE ON THE MAIN VEIN. BETWEEN 1984 AND 1986, CRUISER MINERALS LTD. COMPLETED A DRILLING PROGRAM TO TEST DOWN DIP MINERALIZATION. J.J. ARLON WAS OPERATOR IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGNT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESDIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.