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Queen Bee Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055595
MRDS ID SD02188
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Bee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.61418, 44.0219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND 5.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF SILVER CITY, 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

Silver City(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 001N 004E 22,23,26,27 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 26 (NEAR THE CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 22, 23, 26 AND 27)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slate & Schist
    Rock description Slate & Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.61418, 44.0219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Appears To Follow The Crest Of A Steeply Plunging Anticline. With Depth The Mineralization Becomes Two Veins. Near The Surface Ore Occurs In Minor Fractures & Bedding Planes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queen Bee Gold Mining And Milling Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, A. I.

Comments on the production information

  • THE QUEEN BEE COMPANY DID SOME MINING IN 1906 BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS, A 60 FT TUNNEL, A 40 FT SHAFT AND 155 FT OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTTING

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS UNWATERED, MAPPED AND SAMPLED IN 1954 BY A.I. JOHNSON OF KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 64 AC

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY FOLLOWS THE CREST OF A STEEPLY PLUNGING ANTICLINE. THERE ARE 2 BEDS OR VEINS AT DEPTH, EACH 3 FT WIDE

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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