| Deposit ID | 10109817 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800065 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arizona-Tonopah Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Beehive Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.04819, 32.14679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 838 |
| Relative position | SOUTH SLOPE BEEHIVE PEAK, 5 MILES SW OF TUCSON DOWNTOWN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 015S | 013E | 07 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -111.04819, 32.14679 |
|---|
| General form | SPOTTY |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50E |
| Dip | 70NW |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1929 |
| District name | Saginaw Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Ankers, 1920, A. J. Harshberger, Buckeye State Mining Co., 1929 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800065 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190115 |
ALLEN, M.A. 1920, NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 106
ABGMT 189, P. 84
KINNWON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT, U.A.M.S. THESIS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT OPEN, NO SIGN OF FRACTURE ZONE AT SHAFT COLLAR. SHRARED ZONE FOUND AT PROSPECT ADIT 30 METERS BELOW BEEHIVE PEAK. WEAKLY DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITHIN RHYOLITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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