The Bullion Claim is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bullion Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullion Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1869
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USMM 1-109 IS LOCATED ON SE CORNER OF CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN-REPLACEMENT; FAULTS, FISSURES
Comment (Workings): VARIOUS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THE BULLION CLAIM OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL INING CO. WAS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 200' WITH VARIOUS WORKINGS, AND AT DEPTH BY THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL, WHICH INTERSECTED THE ORE BODY AT DEPTH. THE CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL. THE BULLION LODE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1869 AS A SILVER-LOEAD DISCOVERY-THE 1ST IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): LODE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1869-THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT
References
Reference (Production): NBMG. FILES74.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74
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.
