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Bunker Hill has a special place in the history of the United States of America as the great and persistent producer of silver. This mine has significance for economic geologists as one of the few vein deposits to be continuously worked well into the twentieth century. It is the largest, and possibly the richest, of the mines of the legendary Cœur d’Alene district.
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Hobbs, S. W. and Fryklund, V. C. (1968), The Cœur d’Alene District, Idaho. In: Ore Deposits of the U.S., 1933–1967 (Ridge, J. D., ed.), (Garton-Sales Volume) Chap. 22. [An up-to-date review with good bibliography to this area.]
Hobbs, S. W. et. al., (1965), Geology of the Cœur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 478, 139pp. [An up-to- date account of the general geology with excellent maps.]
Fryklund, V. C. (1964), Ore Deposits of the Cœur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 445, 103pp. [The companion volume to Hobbs (1965) describing the ore deposits.]
Ransome, F. L. and Calkins, F. C. (1908), The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cœur d’Alene District, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 62, 203pp. [Although old, this contains a thorough methodical description.]
Umpleby, J. B. and Jones, E. L. (1923), Geology and Ore Deposits of the Shoshone County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull., 732, 156pp. [Contains much more detail on the Bunker Hill Deposit.]
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Bunker Hill Silver Deposit — U.S.A.. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_35
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