Gold Bug Tunnel 22

The Gold Bug Tunnel 22 is a copper and gold mine located in Graham county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Gold Bug Tunnel 22  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 32.74278, -110.00472

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Gold Bug Tunnel 22 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Bug Tunnel 22


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Clark District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Other: Qtz, Py


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 100 FT.

Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION. LARAMIDE MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL FILES, PHILIP BLACET


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