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Bunker Hill Claim

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031235
MRDS ID M009882
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Claim
Alternate or previous names Squirrel
Related records 10212356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20155, 37.54881 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 WSW OF BEAR VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 019E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE NW 1/4, UTM APP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1851

Mining district

District name Hite Cove

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harry Taylor
    First year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DATA ON WORKINGS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 64 .

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 246 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit HAD ONE OF THE FIRST QUARTZ MILLS BUILT IN CALIFORNIA; MILL WAS EQUIPPED WITH WOODEN STAMPS. MINE WAS NOT PRECISELY LOCATED DURING INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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