Bee Mine

The Bee Mine is a copper mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bee Mine
Secondary: Black Hills Copper Co.
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Copper Reef Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Solnar

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
District: Rochford District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W. A. Reynolds

Production

Year: 1917
Material type: ORE CU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2.34 Oz Silver, 6.12 % Copper

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Small Quantities Of Chalcopyrite And Pyritic Schists Altered To Malachite, Azurite

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): ITEM G7 SCATTERED REPORTS BEFORE 1902

Comment (Location): CLAIMS CENTER IN SECTION 30

Comment (Development): HOLDINGS ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 25 CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN CUTS, EACH 20 BY 30 FEET AND SMALLER ASSESSMENT PITS. CAVED SHAFT 800 FT DEEP INCLINED 60 DEG EAST. 595 FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON THE 100-, 400-, AND 800 FOOT LEVELS

References

Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

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