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Bunker Chance Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073443
MRDS ID W019533
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Chance Mine
Related records 10169399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13242, 47.52098 (WGS84)
Elevation 854
Relative position BEHIND WARDNER SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Form-Dolomitic, Calcareous Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Lower Wallace Form-Dolomitic, Calcareous Quartzite, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alhambra Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922

Mining district

District name Coeur D' Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bunker Chance Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2346.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Comments on development

  • MOST WORK DONE IN 1920'S & 1930'S. 1 PATENTED, 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: HAZARDOUS GROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 14 , 1974 ; JAN. 20 , 1970 ; APRIL 24 , 1968

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D' ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 21

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 91

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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