The Gold Bug Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Phillips county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.93722, -108.61917
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Gold Bug Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bug Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Phillips
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Little Rockies Mining And Development Co.
Owner Name: Northern Continental, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Physiographic Detail: Little Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 53,000 TONS CRUDE ORE CONTAINED 1.06 OZ AU AND 37 OZ AG/TON, PLUS 0.05% CU AND 1% ZN
Materials
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Sylvanite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS. STOPE LENGTHS GIVEN ARE FOR THOSE BETWEEN 550 AND 350 LEVEL. THERE ARE TWO PARALLEL ORE-BEARING SHEAR ZONES ABOUT 1500 FT. APART.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE MIGHT BE MODERATE AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE SILVER ORE.
Comment (Production): INCLUDES SOME ORE FROM ADJACENT LITTLE BEN MINE. THERE WAS SOME UNRECORDED PRODUCTION BEFORE 1901. PRODUCTION YEARS 1901 - 1918 , 1924 - 1925 , 1930 - 1960 , 1964 - 1965.
References
Reference (Deposit): DYSON, J.L., 1939, RUBY GULCH GOLD MINING DISTRICT, LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: ECON. GEOL., V. 34, NO. 2, P. 201-213
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., 1908, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 340, P. 96-116.
Reference (Deposit): KNECHTEL, M.M., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND ENCIRCLING FOOTHILLS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1072N. P. 723-752
Reference (Deposit): 1907 RECON EMMONS, W.H., USGS BULL. 340
Reference (Deposit): 1921 GEOLMAP KNECHTEL, M.M., USGS BULL. 1072N
Reference (Production): OME FILES
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
