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Gold Bug Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037448
MRDS ID M035273
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.43262, 38.4852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position SO. FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, ABOUT 10 MILES SE OF HAWTHORNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLUSTER OF SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS .9 MI EAST OF LA PANTA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Qtz Monzonite
    Rock description Qtz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Upper Lmst Member-Luning
    Rock description Upper Lmst Member-Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.43262, 38.4852
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Panta Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cu Occurs Along Contact Between Qtz. Monz. And Lmst. Also Local Pods Of Tactile.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL HAND SPECIMENS FROM TACTITE PODS SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF TUNGSTEN MINERALS WHEN EXAMINED UNDER ULTRA - VIOLET LIGHT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Bug Consolidated Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST $10,000 IN GOLD AND COPPER WAS PRODUCED FROM THESE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 7

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CONTACT ZONE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECTS FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE LA PANTA TYPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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