The Bunker Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.61139, -112.04111
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Mine Description
The Bunker or Wheatly property of eight claims is a short distance northwest of the Inspiration ground and about 1 1/2 miles north of Cherry. This property was worked to some extent in the early days. In 1923, it produced a little ore that was treated in the Federal mill. During 1932 and 1933, the present owner, E. V. Bunker, shipped several cars of ore containing from 0.75 to 2.0 ounces of gold per ton. The principal workings are at an elevation of about 5,700 feet on three veins which dip gently south-westward and are from 25 to 45 feet apart. As exposed by the present shallow workings, these veins range up to 6 feet, but probably average less than one foot, in thickness. Considerable massive quartz is present. The gold occurs, very finely divided and associated with abundant limonite, within cellular and brecciated quartz.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Bunker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Mine
Secondary: Wheatley
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: None - Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 175
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 30
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