Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsAzurite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10173484
Alternate namesHecla Mine, Bald Mtn. Chief Mine, Nevada Bunker Hill, Standing Elk Mine, Hoffman ClaimBunker Hill, Key
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50771, -116.01871
References
LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OFNEV., 1923, PP. 53-54GRANGER, A.E., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OE ELKOCO., NEV., 1957, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 54, PP. 130-131KETNER, K.B, AND SMITH, J.F. JR., GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROADMINING DISTRICT ELKO CO., NEV., USGS BULL. 1162-B, 1963,PP. B16, B24, FIG.4, PL.1EMMONS, W.H., A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO,LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEV., USGS BULL. 408, 1910,PP. 88-95ELEVATORSKI, E.A., MGR., NEVADA'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1973,MINOBRASUSGS AND OTHERS, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEV., NEV.BU MINES BULL. 65SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,NEVADA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56,P. 141.JONES, H.M., AND R.G. REEVES DMEA RPT DMEA-4425.