The Gold Bug Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.48528, -118.43167
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Gold Bug Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bug Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Bug Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED
Structure
Type: L
Description: La Panta Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CLUSTER OF SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS .9 MI EAST OF LA PANTA MINE
Comment (Deposit): IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CONTACT ZONE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECTS FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE LA PANTA TYPE.
Comment (Production): AT LEAST $10,000 IN GOLD AND COPPER WAS PRODUCED FROM THESE CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL HAND SPECIMENS FROM TACTITE PODS SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF TUNGSTEN MINERALS WHEN EXAMINED UNDER ULTRA - VIOLET LIGHT
References
Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 7
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
