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Bee Hive Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027156
MRDS ID M002306
Record type Site
Current site name Bee Hive Mine
Related records 10234955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04958, 32.14679 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 013E 05,07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 5 , NE 1/4 SECTION 7 . UTM LOCATION AT BEE HIVE PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE FROM PRODUCTION: 4.5 % CU, 1.5 % PB, 12 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04958, 32.14679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY, WEAK

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNALTERED RHYOLITE, SILICIFIED ARKOSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED IN 1925 AND 1929 .

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SHALLOW SHAFTS, ADITS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAKLY DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITHIN RHYOLITE. SPOTTY CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE AND PARTLY OXIDIZED GALENA IN FRACTURE ZONE IN ARKOSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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