The Gold Bug Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,681 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: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.64028, -105.97667
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Gold Bug Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bug Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Homer Moore
Home Office: 2719 Wood Avenue, Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Pleasant Valley Syncline, E-W-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG + 9% CU, SAMPLE F-13314 SHOWED 0.46% EU, 0.28%
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGE DUMP AND CAVED SHAFT EVIDENT AT SURFACE; SHAFT REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 500 FT DEEP
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF TURRET ALONG CAT GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE FOLLOWING A FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRY DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 89
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
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