The Bunker Hill Mine is a silver, lead, and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.69083, -110.06306
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Bunker Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Hill Mine
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Rattlesnake
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rattlesnake Co., Bunker Hill Mining Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone Gold-Silver Mines Co., Tom
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Year Last Production: 1931
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Near Intersection Of Prompter Fault To The North And Rattlesnake To The South
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF SILVER-LEAD ORE AND A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE PRODUCED PROM 1880'S TO 1952.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED BUNKER HILL MINE, PHELPS DODGE, F.H. SUDERSTROM
Comment (Commodity): MEDIUM TO LOW GRADE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): POCKETY OREBODIES AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS OF LAR GELY-OXIDIZED, ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD, ZINC AND MINOR COPPER MINE RALIZATION IN SHARPLY FOLDED LIMESTONE, CUT BY SMALL FAULTS A ND SLIPS BETWEEN THE MAJOR FAULT ZONES. MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE IN IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE MASSES OR CHIMNEYS IN LIMESTONES ALONG FISSURE ZONES.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, WILSON & RASOR, 1938, TOMBSTONE DISTRICT, ABM BULL. 143
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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