The Honey Bee No. 4 Claim is a copper and uranium mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Uranium
Lat, Long: 33.08306, -111.02361
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Honey Bee No. 4 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honey Bee No. 4 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Kelvin Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Leo Wall Of Ray, And I.D. Hollenbeck Of Kelvin
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED .021 PERCENT U, AVERAGE PROBABLY LOWER
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR COPPER, NO DATA AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): PORPHYRY DIKE IS RADIOACTIVE FOR ABOUT 200 FEET, U ASSOCIATED WITH THE FE OXIDES; 2 FOOT ZONE OF FE STAINED ROCK ALONG THE HANGING WALL OF THE MATIC DIKE IS RADIOACTIVE FOR 200 YARDS.
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS INFO AVAILABLE
Comment (Geology): PETROGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE DIKES WAS NOT DETERMINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA, US GEOL. SURV. BULL 1147-A, P. A-38
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