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Gold Bug

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256934
MRDS ID W023931
MAS/MILS ID 0060270119
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug
Alternate or previous names Post Office Springs Mine, Anthony, Anthony Mine
Related records 10076741, 10260939

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.16009, 36.02188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ballarat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 S 045 E 18 C California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: FROM BALLARAT GO 1 MI SOUTH THEN 3 MI EAST ON UNIVERSAL MINING CAMP ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.16009, 36.02188
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tuma Corp.
    ID 404531
    Home office 84769 Tenth St, Trona, CA 93562
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 28, 1932, P. 368.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/27/1985
MSHA mine ID0404531
Mine name (MSHA)Goldbug Mine
Current operatorGoldbug Mines Inc
Current controller (parent)Zirak Val
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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