| Deposit ID | 10013830 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010352 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Bug Mine |
| Related records | 10141521 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.97726, 38.64028 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2646 |
| Relative position | 7.3 MILES N 06 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 051N | 009E | 28 | NW OF SW SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 2 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG + 9% CU, SAMPLE F-13314 SHOWED 0.46% EU, 0.28% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -105.97726, 38.64028 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pleasant Valley Syncline, E-W-Trending Faults |
| Strike | N 85 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 78 NW-VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Turret District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Homer Moore |
| Home office | 2719 Wood Avenue, Colorado Springs, Co. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010352 |
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174.
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE FOLLOWING A FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRY DIKE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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