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Bunker Hill Mine

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043769
MRDS ID M231049
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Empress Group Nbmg # 3662

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67517, 39.11823 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McTarnahan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 021E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS IS VIA A FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Workings At The Surface Have Been Mined Forming A Moderate-Sized Pit Where The Flat Lying Vein Is In Contact With A Highly Altered Meta-Limestone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.67517, 39.11823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ VEIN
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE # 3662 SHOWED MINOR SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY LOCATED & WORKED IN EARLY PART OF COMSTOCK BOOM, PRODUCTION OF $160,000 CLAIMED. VEIN OCCURS AT CONTACT OF META-SEDIMENTS AND "QUARTZ PORPHYRY"VEIN VARIES FROM 1 FOOT TO OVER 10 FEET IN WIDTH, HAS APPEARANCE OF A CHIMNEY.VEIN QUARTZ IS CRUSHED, LIMONITE & TALC FILL THE OPEN SPACES (CARPEN, P 2) ADIT,INCLINE AND PROSPECTS,PART OF WHICH HAS BEEN OPENED BY A SMALL PIT. SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS STILL USUABLE.

Comments on development

  • WORKED DURING THE COMSTOCK ERA ; ECON.COM: $160,000 WAS REPORTED AS PRODUCTION FROM GOLD AND COPPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, AF, REPORT ON EMPRESS GROUP, UNPUB REPORT, NBMG FILES, MAY 26, 1921

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VEIN VARIED IN THICKNESS FROM 1 FOOT TO OVER 10 FEET AND HAD A CHIMNEY-LIKE CONFIGURATION.THE VEIN FOLLOWED A CONTACT BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY.
Deposit QUAD SHEET NEW EMPIRE 7-1/2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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