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Gold Bug No. 5 Claim

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071710
MRDS ID W015237
MAS/MILS ID 0160490696
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug No. 5 Claim
Alternate or previous names Gold Bug Prospects 1-5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.20036, 45.20848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 2 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bismark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 010E 35 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • The Gold Bug No. 5 Claim Is Located At The Extreme East End Of Eightyeight Ridge And 366 Meters East Of The Old Lobear Cabin.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A Trench Sample Assayed 0.34 Grams Gold And 2.6 Grams Silver Per Tonne And A Trace Copper. Other Pits In Same Area Sampled But No Apparent Minerals Found.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Alteration 41 In. Wide

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 OZ AU, 0.075 OZ AG/TON
Result TRACE CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.20036, 45.20848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 11.28M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 10.06M
    Overall length 14.94M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-JAN-1997 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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