Bunker Hill

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019764
MRDS ID DC11423
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32175, 46.49156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position IN HENDERSON GULCH 0.5 MILE BELOW HENDERSON MILL, 0.6 KM SSW OF SUMMIT OF SUNRISE MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 014W 02 CENTER OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result OXIDE ORE-$6-8/TON AU, 2-3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32175, 46.49156

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 35 E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1894
Production years 1894-1906

Mining district

District name Henderson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henderson Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $20,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER. PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1933.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TUNNELS, PARTS OF THE MINE INACESSIBLE IN 1906.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN IN TUNNEL 5 DIPS 35 E, 25 FT BELOW LEVEL OF TUNNEL THIS VEIN JOINS ANOTHER DEPOSIT. THIS SECOND VEIN HAS A DIP OF 03E, IT CAN BE FOLLOWED DOWN DIP FOR 250 FT. IT IS SAID TO BE FAULTED FARTHER EAST. SOME OF THE SILICEOUS SPONGY OXIDIZED ORE IS LIBERALLY COATED WITH SMALL CRYSTALS OF NATIVE SULPHUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references