| Deposit ID | 10042797 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060832 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Bug Mine |
| Related records | 10270514 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.61996, 47.93715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE N OF LANDUSKY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Phillips(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Zortman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Zortman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Peoples(hydrologic unit)
Milk(hydrologic accounting unit)
Milk(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Phillips |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 025N | 024E | 10,15,22 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hessite | Ore |
| Sylvanite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 53,000 TONS CRUDE ORE CONTAINED 1.06 OZ AU AND 37 OZ AG/TON, PLUS 0.05% CU AND 1% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Syenite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Syenite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| Rock unit name | Metamorphic Pre-Belt-Slate |
| Rock description | Metamorphic Pre-Belt-Slate |
| (1) | -108.61996, 47.93715 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | STEEPLY W |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Year of first production | 1893 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Northern Continental, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Little Rockies Mining And Development Co. |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 1402.08M |
| Overall depth | 198.12M |
| Overall length | 115.82M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060832 |
EMMONS, W.H., 1908, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 340, P. 96-116.
KNECHTEL, M.M., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND ENCIRCLING FOOTHILLS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1072N. P. 723-752
1907 RECON EMMONS, W.H., USGS BULL. 340
1921 GEOLMAP KNECHTEL, M.M., USGS BULL. 1072N
OME FILES
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1974 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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