Mine detail: Bee Mine

Previously called 'Black Hills Copper Co.ClimaxCopper Reef Nos. 1 and 2Solnar'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.10413, -103.80474

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Graphite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Schist
Host type:	Schist
Alteration processes:	Small Quantities Of Chalcopyrite And Pyritic Schists Altered To Malachite, Azurite

References

MRDS	SD02217
DEP	10104241
Reference	{Deposit:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 768}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.