| Deposit ID | 10040482 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055286 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bunker Hill Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Henry-Olesen Lease |
| Related records | 10247248 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.1943, 40.17351 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1500 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NW OF JUNIPER MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 27N | 34E | 29,30,31,32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||
| Rock unit name | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata | ||
| Rock description | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata | ||
| |||
| (1) | Jungo Terrane - Turbiditic, fine-grained, terrigenous clastic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Relief Fault (Thrust); Synclinorium; N60w Normal Fault |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1928 |
| Production years | TO 1939 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | O. H. Olsen And C. E. Grrella |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055286 |
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252, P. 246.
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS WITH SMALL CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE, IS LOCALLY DISSEMINATED IN THE LIMESTONE, AND FORMS CRUSTS AROUND FRACTURES IN BROKEN ROCKS. |
| Deposit | THE BUNKER HILL GROUP OF SIX CLAIMS AND TWO FRACTIONS IS LESS THAN A MILE NORTHWEST OF THE JUNIPER MINE. PROPERTY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932 AND PRODUCED 6 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER FROM 1936-1939. THE WORKINGS ARE IN GRAY TO BLACK LIMESTONE WITH SOME INTERBEDDED SHALE. LOWER UNIT OF POST-DUN GLEN STRATA. SILTY ARGILLITE AND CLEAN SANDSTONE WITH UNIT OF DOLOMITE BRECCIA-CONGLOMERATE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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