Bunker Hill Group

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

Name: Bunker Hill Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.