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Bunkerhill Claim

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046161
MRDS ID M234150
Record type Site
Current site name Bunkerhill Claim
Related records 10180045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62617, 48.85817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 025E 24 NW OF NE OF SE OF SE OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 990 FT EAST OF PINNACLE MINE (RECORD NO. MI56757).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM DUMP ASSAYED $300 AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn
    Rock description Palmer Mtn
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62617, 48.85817
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.51M
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1890

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District; Pinnacle Mine Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, William And Ryan, Thomas
    First year 1892

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT ADIT, 40 FT ADIT, 40 FT CROSSCUT, AND 30 FT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 64, PLATE 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Lawson , William A (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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