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Bunker Hill Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039630
MRDS ID M050528
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Mammoth, Rattlesnake
Related records 10136879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06372, 31.69096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MEDIUM TO LOW GRADE ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone;Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone;Escabrosa Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Intersection Of Prompter Fault To The North And Rattlesnake To The South

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 157.28M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Prompter & Rattlesnake Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1889
Year of last production 1931
Production years UP TO 1930'S.

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rattlesnake Co., Bunker Hill Mining Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone Gold-Silver Mines Co., Tom

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF SILVER-LEAD ORE AND A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE PRODUCED PROM 1880'S TO 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED BUNKER HILL MINE, PHELPS DODGE, F.H. SUDERSTROM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, WILSON & RASOR, 1938, TOMBSTONE DISTRICT, ABM BULL. 143

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETY OREBODIES AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS OF LAR GELY-OXIDIZED, ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD, ZINC AND MINOR COPPER MINE RALIZATION IN SHARPLY FOLDED LIMESTONE, CUT BY SMALL FAULTS A ND SLIPS BETWEEN THE MAJOR FAULT ZONES. MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE IN IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE MASSES OR CHIMNEYS IN LIMESTONES ALONG FISSURE ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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