Gold Bug Mine

The Gold Bug Mine is a gold mine located in Phillips county, Montana at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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 Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Phillips

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 47.91028, -108.61667

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Gold Bug Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Bug Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Montana
County: Phillips
District: Little Rocky Mountains


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

Type: L
Description: Upwarping Of Sediments, Intrusion By Porphyry


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Products, Sericite, Kaolinite, Silica


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Sylvanite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES COULD BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE REFERENCES CITED, ALTHOUGH IT WAS STATED THAT THIS MINED PRODUCE LESS THAN THE AUGUST MINE WHICH IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED 90,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE.

Comment (Workings): LENGTH AND DEPTH OF WORKINGS ARE APPROXIMATE DUE TO SPARSE INFORMATION

Comment (Geology): THE PORPHYRY IS SAID TO RANGE FROM SYENITE TO TINGUAITE IN COMPOSITION

Comment (Location): ALTITUDE APPROXIMATE


References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H. 1896, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA, THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 61, P. 423-424

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H. AND PIRSSON, L. V., 1896, GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, VOL 4, P. 399-428

Reference (Deposit): BOYNTON, C. H., 1906, THE LITTLE ROCKIES MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA, THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 81, P. 181.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.