The Bunker Hill Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bunker Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Hill Mine
Secondary: Empress Group Nbmg # 3662
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: QUARTZ VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Workings At The Surface Have Been Mined Forming A Moderate-Sized Pit Where The Flat Lying Vein Is In Contact With A Highly Altered Meta-Limestone.
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED DURING THE COMSTOCK ERA ; ECON.COM: $160,000 WAS REPORTED AS PRODUCTION FROM GOLD AND COPPER.
Comment (Location): ACCESS IS VIA A FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK CANYON
Comment (Deposit): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VEIN VARIED IN THICKNESS FROM 1 FOOT TO OVER 10 FEET AND HAD A CHIMNEY-LIKE CONFIGURATION.THE VEIN FOLLOWED A CONTACT BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY LOCATED & WORKED IN EARLY PART OF COMSTOCK BOOM, PRODUCTION OF $160,000 CLAIMED. VEIN OCCURS AT CONTACT OF META-SEDIMENTS AND "QUARTZ PORPHYRY"VEIN VARIES FROM 1 FOOT TO OVER 10 FEET IN WIDTH, HAS APPEARANCE OF A CHIMNEY.VEIN QUARTZ IS CRUSHED, LIMONITE & TALC FILL THE OPEN SPACES (CARPEN, P 2) ADIT,INCLINE AND PROSPECTS,PART OF WHICH HAS BEEN OPENED BY A SMALL PIT. SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS STILL USUABLE.
Comment (Geology): SAMPLE # 3662 SHOWED MINOR SCHEELITE.
Comment (Deposit): QUAD SHEET NEW EMPIRE 7-1/2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, AF, REPORT ON EMPRESS GROUP, UNPUB REPORT, NBMG FILES, MAY 26, 1921
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
