June Bug Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037154
MRDS ID M031025
Record type Site
Current site name June Bug Mine
Related records 10124343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.17278, 36.36499 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 10 MILES NW OF NELSON AIR FORCE BASE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gass Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 061E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.17278, 36.36499

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ZINC ORE REPLACING DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE ALONG SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gass Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAME FROM 1000 TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 145 , 182 .

  • Deposit

    HEWETT AND OTHERS, 1936 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM, USGS BULL. 871 , P. 55 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.