The Bunker Hill Group is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.17361, -118.19333
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Bunker Hill Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Hill Group
Secondary: Henry-Olesen Lease
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: O. H. Olsen And C. E. Grrella
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Relief Fault (Thrust); Synclinorium; N60w Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): CORNER OF SECS. 29,30,31,32; 1 MI. NW OF JUNIPER MINE.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS WITH SMALL CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE, IS LOCALLY DISSEMINATED IN THE LIMESTONE, AND FORMS CRUSTS AROUND FRACTURES IN BROKEN ROCKS.
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS WITH SMALL CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE, IS LOCALLY DISSEMINATED IN THE LIMESTONE, AND FORMS CRUSTS ALONG FRACTURES IN THE MORE BROKEN ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THE BUNKER HILL GROUP OF SIX CLAIMS AND TWO FRACTIONS IS LESS THAN A MILE NORTHWEST OF THE JUNIPER MINE. PROPERTY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932 AND PRODUCED 6 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER FROM 1936-1939. THE WORKINGS ARE IN GRAY TO BLACK LIMESTONE WITH SOME INTERBEDDED SHALE. LOWER UNIT OF POST-DUN GLEN STRATA. SILTY ARGILLITE AND CLEAN SANDSTONE WITH UNIT OF DOLOMITE BRECCIA-CONGLOMERATE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252, P. 246.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
