Mine detail: Bunker Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.73732, -110.47929

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1964

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Copper Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	Ew Trending Faults, Ene Trending Faults In Granodiorite, Major Nnw Trending Fault W Of Mine, Small N10w-N20w Faults Near Breccia, Main Fissure N 20w, Joint Planes Ew, Steep Dip
Tectonic:	Younger Andesite Tuff Overlies Granodiorite

References

MRDS	M899873
DEP	10048309
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR BUNKER HILL FILE}{Deposit:: ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65}{Deposit:: KUHN, T.H. 1941. PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V 36, P512}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140, 1956}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.