The Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill is a zinc, gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.6908, -121.45928
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Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Hoefling Brothers
Home Office: Sacramento Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): 1,821.94 ACRES PATENTED. BASE METAL RECOVERED ABOUT 30,000 LB. FROM SULPHIDES SAVED IN GOLD CONCENTRATES. ORE IS AURIFEROUS PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MARCASITE, GALENA, LIMONITE, COVELLITE, BORNITE, PYRRHOTITE, NATIVE ANTIMONY AND BURNONITE. TREASURE HILL MINE - MINERAL UNKNOWN - IS NEAR E 1/4 COR. SEC. 5 (BIG BAND QUAD). INACTIVE . 1,3,12 - 2 1/4E APPEAR TO BE JUST PROPERTY, 25 - 2 2/4E APPEAR TO BE JUST PROPERTY, 4 - 2 1/5E APPEAR TO BE JUST PROPERTY . NO EVIDENCE OF MINERALS FOUND IN THESE SECTIONS BUT THERE WERE APPARENTLY CLAIMS ON THESE TWO VEINS DIP 20-40 DEG. E; STRIKE N. 10 DEG. - 30 DEG. W. SHAFTS SLOPE TO NE. 26TH REPT. DESCRIBE PROPERTY AS IN 5, 6 & 7 - 2 1/5 . NO MAPS AVAILBALE SHUT DOWN BY WFB IN 1942. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 54-55, INCLUDES SEC. 4 IN THIS GROUP. ALSO STATES THAT GOLD AND BYPRODUCT SILVER, LEAD, COPPER, AND ZINC MINED 1930-42
Comment (Production): OPERATED IN 1914-16 AND REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $17,000 FROM ORE THAT YIELDED $7 A TON IN FREE GOLD. TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN OVER $200,000 TO DATE. THE LARGER PART OF ORE MINED AVERAGED $9 A TON. LARGE GOLD-SILVER PRODUCTION 1924-43
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 430-432, 452, R. 26 PP. 381-382; J. V. 53, NOS. 2 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, PP. 423-4234
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