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Bee Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104241
MRDS ID SD02217
Record type Site
Current site name Bee Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Hills Copper Co., Climax, Copper Reef Nos. 1 and 2, Solnar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80474, 44.10413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deerfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 003E 30 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS CENTER IN SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Small Quantities Of Chalcopyrite And Pyritic Schists Altered To Malachite, Azurite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80474, 44.10413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SHARPLY TO THE EAST
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In A Shear Zone In The Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. A. Reynolds

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE CU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.34 Oz Silver, 6.12 % Copper
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 66g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM G7 SCATTERED REPORTS BEFORE 1902

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.011HA
    Overall depth 243.84M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, EACH 20 BY 30 FEET AND SMALLER ASSESSMENT PITS. CAVED SHAFT 800 FT DEEP INCLINED 60 DEG EAST. 595 FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON THE 100-, 400-, AND 800 FOOT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • HOLDINGS ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 25 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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