The Bunker Hill is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Bunker Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Bunker Hill mine consists of a 102-foot-deep shaft with short drifts on the 25-foot and 60-foot levels (Hill, 1933, p. 154).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Eight tons of gold ore with an average grade of 1.625 ounces of gold per ton were milled from a gold-quartz vein at the mine (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 345]; Hill, 1933, p. 154).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Eight tons of gold ore with an average grade of 1.625 ounces of gold per ton was milled from a gold-quartz vein at the Bunker Hill mine (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 345]; Hill, 1933, p. 154). The vein is oriented N. 15 W., 70 E.; it has an average width of 12 inches at the surface, narrowing to 2 inches at a depth of 50 feet (Hill, 1933, p. 154). A grab sample of ore from the dump assayed $24.06 in gold per ton (1.164 ounces of gold per ton) (Hill, 1933, p. 154). Material on the dump consists of mica schist from the hanging wall and blocky quartz-mica schist from the footwall (Hill, 1933, p. 154). Bedrock in the area is Fairbanks Schist, that consists of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933
References
Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.
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