The Funny Bug is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,519 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,519 Feet (463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.74833, -120.89194
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Funny Bug MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Funny Bug
Secondary: Pendelco
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS VARIABLE FOR AU AND 1 - 10 % OR MORE CU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 MAIN VEINS & FRACTURES IN AUGITE DIORITE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUTS ON TWO LEVELS FROM A 200 FT SHAFT SUNK NEAR MAIN VEIN WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): VEINS LIE IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONE OF GREENSTONE, MICA SCHIST, AND GRANODIORITE
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS OF PARALLEL BANDS OF PYRITE CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ AND MAGNETITE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE 1928 - 1942 , 1953
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 414 , 481 , 502 , AND PL 10 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 242 AND 266 .
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