Utah Bunker Hill Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098065
MRDS ID DC12117
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Bunker Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Salt Lake and Mamie Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5872, 40.63937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position IN THE HEAD OF MINERS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 007W 13 SW4 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug Formation;Pine Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Humbug Formation;Pine Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5872, 40.63937

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Canyon Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N12E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding-N12e, Vertical Dip

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Globe Consolidated Mines Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED-IN ADIT; PARALLELED THE BEDDING AND ENTERS THE HILLSIDE WITH A S12W BEARING (RIGBY, J.K., 1958, P. 125). THERE IS ALSO A 537 FT. ADIT ON THE RIDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. REPT. 1925; 1930; 1931; 1934; 1940; 1941

  • Deposit

    USBM YEARBOOKS, 1940, 1941

  • Deposit

    1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    USBM YEARBOOKS 1939, 1940, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SALT LAKE AND MAMIE CLAIMS (RECORD NO. DC12118) WERE PART OF THE UTAH BUNKER HILL UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1994 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references