Bullion Claim

The Bullion Claim is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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: Bullion Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.51389, -116.01083

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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

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.