A lead-zinc-silver-phosphoric acid mine owned by Bunker Hill Mining Co. Inc. Operated for almost 100 years starting about 1881 and closed 1981. Restarted 1988 but closed forever. US Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract to reclaim the entire site.
References:
- Rocks & Minerals: 60:294
- Rocks & Minerals: 63:135
- Dana 6:1092
- Mineral Yearbook (1988)-Zinc:2-3.
- Radford, N. and Crowley, J.A. (1981). "The Bunker Hill mine Kellogg, Shoshone county, Idaho." Mineralogical Record, 12(6),pp:339-347.
- Ream, Lanny L. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated, p.6
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Map Reference: 47°30'42"N , 116°8'39"W
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