The Utah Bunker Hill Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,362 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,362 Feet (1,939 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.63944, -112.58639
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Utah Bunker Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Bunker Hill Mine
Secondary: Salt Lake and Mamie Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Free Coinage
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
Owner Name: Golden Globe Consolidated Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Type: L
Description: Broad Canyon Reverse Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): CAVED-IN ADIT; PARALLELED THE BEDDING AND ENTERS THE HILLSIDE WITH A S12W BEARING (RIGBY, J.K., 1958, P. 125). THERE IS ALSO A 537 FT. ADIT ON THE RIDGE.
Comment (Deposit): THE SALT LAKE AND MAMIE CLAIMS (RECORD NO. DC12118) WERE PART OF THE UTAH BUNKER HILL UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. REPT. 1925; 1930; 1931; 1934; 1940; 1941
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13
Reference (Deposit): USBM YEARBOOKS, 1940, 1941
Reference (Deposit): 1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE
Reference (Production): USBM YEARBOOKS 1939, 1940, 1941
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