Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlShear Zone, Fissure
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Schist
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1929
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10090092
MRDS IDW014263
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.46988, -115.58176
References
BELL, R. N., 1929, BUNKER HILL IN THE DEADWOOD BASIN: MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 13, P. 5 - 6.ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, 263 P.CAMPBELL, S., 1931, BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN M. AND C. CO.: THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1930, P. 32-40.CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1944 , P. 197 - 209.5) MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1947 , P. 229 - 240.1931 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 19301941 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 571945 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 19441948 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1947ITEM 8, MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , 49TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 240 ; ITEMS 17 , 18 , CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , 46TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 209