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Gold Bug Claim

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115240
MRDS ID M007657
MAS/MILS ID 0060170242
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Claim
Alternate or previous names Gold Bug, Ehler and Hoff Claims.
Related records 10029852

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -120.92272, 38.5313 (WGS84)
Elevation 243
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 010 E 19 N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -120.92272, 38.5313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 0M
    Length 375M
    Width 9M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N50W:30N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Latrobe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. H. Chaix And George Gardener- 1941
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Theresa Garibaldi
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER,F.W.,ET AL,1951 CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.4,P.121

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 4 P 121 PL 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD BUG CLAIMS APPEAR TO BE THE SAME AS THE EHLER AND H IMS. THE ORE IS IN A NARROW ZONE AS DISSEMINATED AND BANDED WITHIN THE MATRIX PECULAIR ROUNDED GRAIN OF UNIDENTIFIED CAR MINERAL IS SEEN. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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