Bunker Hill Tunnel

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015846
MRDS ID DB02103
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Part of Wickes-Corbin Copper Co.'s Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09532, 46.34573 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SE OF WICKES IN PICNIC GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike, Boulder Batholith;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Aplite Dike, Boulder Batholith;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09532, 46.34573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERICITIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wickes-Corbin Copper Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS, DRIFTS TUNNEL, ANOTHER TUNNEL 275 FT ABOVE THE BUNKER HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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