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Goldbug Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094278
MRDS ID D003825
Record type Site
Current site name Goldbug Mine
Alternate or previous names Tawney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.29794, 47.26015 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 8 1/3 MI SE OF DEBORGIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Borgia South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 029W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLOSE TO COYLE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.29794, 47.26015
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Bug Mine Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul And H C Richert

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS INACTIVE AS OF 1977 , BUT SOME ACTIVITY MUST HAVE OCCURRED JUST A FEW YEARS PREVIOUS TO THAT TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 107 , P. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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