Gold Bug Prospect

The Gold Bug Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Bug Prospect
Secondary: Pinnell Vein

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Blackfoot (Gold Hill) 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.
Administrative Organization: Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Hill Mining And Milling Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL, LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Epidote

Rocks

Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT FROM HEATH GULCH

Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF HEATH GULCH, TRIBUTARY TO BOULDER CREEK; ABOUT 1200 FT N OF GOLD HILL MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

Reference (Deposit): FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 46.

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907, P. 137-138.

Reference (Deposit): 1908 COMPILE NINTH ANN. MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. FOR 1907

Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

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