The Bee Hive Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,749 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: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.14667, -111.04889
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Bee Hive Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bee Hive Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Form: SPOTTY, WEAK
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE FROM PRODUCTION: 4.5 % CU, 1.5 % PB, 12 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 5 , NE 1/4 SECTION 7 . UTM LOCATION AT BEE HIVE PEAK
Comment (Production): SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED IN 1925 AND 1929 .
Comment (Deposit): WEAKLY DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITHIN RHYOLITE. SPOTTY CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE AND PARTLY OXIDIZED GALENA IN FRACTURE ZONE IN ARKOSE.
Comment (Workings): RELATIVELY SHALLOW SHAFTS, ADITS AND PITS.
Comment (Geology): UNALTERED RHYOLITE, SILICIFIED ARKOSE
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .
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