Mine detail: Bunker Hill Mine

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Location: Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.46934, -112.24867
dep_id: 10019774
mrds_id: DC11449
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization
Reporter: Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith, Red Mountain Fault
Year first produced: 1888
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 428, P. 42, 43, 54, 58, PL. 1.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 253.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1942.
  • Production:: USGS PP 428, P. 58. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK
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