Mine detail: Bunker Hill Mine

Previously called 'MammothRattlesnake'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.69096, -110.06372
dep_id: 10039630
mrds_id: M050528
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Manganese
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of Prompter & Rattlesnake Faults
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.)
hrock_unit: Naco Group Limestone;Escabrosa Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Near Intersection Of Prompter Fault To The North And Rattlesnake To The South
Year first produced: 1889
yr_lst_prd: 1931
prod_yrs: UP TO 193*.
References:
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, WILSON & RASOR, 1938, TOMBSTONE DISTRICT, ABM BULL. 143
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74.
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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