Gold Bug Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013830
MRDS ID D010352
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Mine
Related records 10141521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.97726, 38.64028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Relative position 7.3 MILES N 06 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 28 NW OF SW SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF TURRET ALONG CAT GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG + 9% CU, SAMPLE F-13314 SHOWED 0.46% EU, 0.28%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.97726, 38.64028

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 E
    Dip 78 NW-VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W-Trending Faults; Quartz-Filled Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homer Moore
    Home office 2719 Wood Avenue, Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE DUMP AND CAVED SHAFT EVIDENT AT SURFACE; SHAFT REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 500 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE FOLLOWING A FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRY DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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