| Deposit ID | 10045462 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Bug Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.43262, 38.48492 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007N | 032E | 08 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning;Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Luning;Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -118.43262, 38.48492 |
|---|
| General form | PODS |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hawthorne District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233208 |
ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV.,; NBMG BULL. 74
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR YEAR 1919.
MINERALS YEARBOOK 1919
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER IS SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE, IN SILICATED LIMESTONE, AND IN LOCAL PODS OF TACTITE. ORE DEPOSIT FOLLOWS LIMESTINE-QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT FOR PART OF ITS COURSE AND THEN ENTERS THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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