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Gold Bug Claim

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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 10238524
MAS/MILS ID 0080150016
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.2634, 38.5736 (WGS84)
Elevation 2745

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050 N 009 E 21 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.2634, 38.5736
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 76N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N40W:76N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Turrey

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Moore, Homer
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 408334

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR 1536 6/1952 RADIOACTIVITY 5XBG MINE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION. GRAB SAMPLE CHEM ASSAY: 0.28%U308, 0.05% V205

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom 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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