The Bunker Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,340 feet.
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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: 3,340 Feet (1,018 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.08306, -112.49194
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Bunker Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bunker Hill Mine
Secondary: Duco Boy
Secondary: Old Bradshaw Workings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Glen Arm Land Co, Phoenix
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: Wallace, L.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES TO SHAFT ON BUNKE HILL GROUP OF PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Development): 10 PATENTED CLAIMS, BUNKER HILL 1-5, SUNNYSIDE, SUNSET, SUNRISE, FOSTER, BRADSHAW WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): ALSO INCLINE TUNNEL 200 FT LONG. 3 MAIN SHAFTS, BUNKER HILL, NEW DISCOVERY ANNEX
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE
Comment (Deposit): BUNKER HILL IS SOMEWHAT UNLIKE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE CASTLE CREEK DISTRICT AND MAY BELONG IN THE BLACK ROCK DISTRICT DUE TO THE HIGH-ANGLE VEINS AND LACK OF SPECULARITE-CHRYSOCOLLA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA (UNDER DUCO BOY)
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 183-184
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