Bunker Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258991
MRDS ID M802758
MAS/MILS ID 0040250374
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Mine
Alternate or previous names Wheatley, Bunker

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.04214, 34.61255 (WGS84)
Elevation 1767
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014 N 003 E 09 SWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.04214, 34.61255

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. V Bunker
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CHERRY QUAD

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BULL 137 1967 P 30

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON C A AND S C CREASY GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    JEROME AREA USGS PP 308 1958 P 175

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.