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Gold Bug Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047618
MRDS ID M243030
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11789, 39.20269 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SOUTH END OF GOLD BASIN DISTRICT. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ABOUT 1.5 MILE SOUTH OF GOLD BASIN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11789, 39.20269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50 NE
    Length 518.16M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Henry Knight

Mining district

District name Fairview District; Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Bug Mining Co.
    First year 1927

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WITH 2 50-FT DRIFTS ON THE 50 AND 100-FT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, USGS OFR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS ON A FAULT-BRECCIA VEIN 2-6 FT WIDE WHICH APPEARS TO PERSIST DOWNWARD BELOW THE 100-FT LEVEL. VEIN IS GREY FAULT-BRECCIATED ANDESITE PARTLY REPLACED BY VUGGY QUARTZ STAINED BY FE AND MN OXIDES. IN PLACES IT IS FAIRLY SILICEOUS AND ITS METAL CONTENT, MOSTLY FREE GOLD WAS AS MUCH AS $20/TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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