The Gold Bug Mine is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,539 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,539 Feet (1,993 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.34361, -112.26472
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Gold Bug Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bug Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District (West Dip Area)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1911
Time Period: 1911
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Averaging 65% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS COLLAPSE ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT LONG, WEST WORKING IS A SHALLOW SHAFT, EAST WORKING IS A SHAFT WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 FT OF TOTAL WORKINGS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 139.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 382-395.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1911, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, AUG. 15.
Reference (Production): HIGGINS, W.C., 1911.
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