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Bunker Hill Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045798
MRDS ID M233628
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52371, 38.32993 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N;006N 040E;040E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE NORTH OF ROYAL BLUE MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROYAL BLUE TO GREENISH BLUE WITH BROWN AND WHITE MATRIX

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52371, 38.32993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer Roy Palfreyman And Bert Kopenhaver
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Royston District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Estate Of Lee Hand
    First year 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE

Comments on development

  • PALFREYMAN AND KOPENHAVER MINED IT AND SOLD TO OWNERS OF ROYAL BLUE MINE, WHO ALSO PRODUCED FROM IT. IT WAS EVENTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE ROYAL BLUE GROUP OF CLAIMS, PART OF LEEHAND ESTATE IN 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBMG REPORT 17, P. 26-27

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO; NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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