Bunker Hill Zn Electrolytic Refinry

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290930
MAS/MILS ID 0160799002
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Zn Electrolytic Refinry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.17243, 47.53067 (WGS84)
Elevation 765
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 048 N 002 E 02 C S2SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Prichard Formation.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLANT- TYPE=LEACH-ELEC TONNES/YR- INPUT= OUTPUT=99792

  • Deposit

    EMPLOYMENT- MINE= PLANT=650 1975

  • Deposit

    E/MJ 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES AND MINERAL PROCESSORS (POOR)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE LISTED ON NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), SEPT. 1983. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE HEAVY METALS IN WASTE. DOI/USBM ALLEGED TO BE A PRP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1994 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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