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Bunker Hill

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034390
MRDS ID M021160
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill
Related records 10237721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44803, 40.60179 (WGS84)
Relative position ALMOST 3 MILES E. OF SHASTA, N. OF MIDDLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.44803, 40.60179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years UNTIL 1907 AND LATE 1940'S

Mining district

District name Shasta

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA
    Length 201.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 460 FT, DRIFTS 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT. 14 , P. 781 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C. D. M. G., COUNTY REPT 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN J. C., 1974 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK DESCRIPTION FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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