Mine detail: Bee Hive Mine

Previously called 'Beehive GoldZiegerPeterson Group Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15838, -112.68158

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25 E; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Deg
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

References

MRDS	M001181
DEP	10026939
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 68.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ABGNT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESDIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)