Goldbug Group

The Goldbug Group is a lead and silver mine located in Broadwater county, Montana.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Goldbug Group

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Broadwater

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Type: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mule Shoe Mining
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1988

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): Political location in record is Rosebud county. However, lat/long plots 400 km to the west in Broadwater county. The reference is unpublished so will be difficult to check. Coordinates are: lat/long NAD27 46-10-18N 111-41-56W (46.1717 -111.6989); UTM N5113140 E446049 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 007 N, RNG 001 W, Sect 35, Sect_fract . The PLSS coordinates translate to 46.317 -111.693 (46 19 02N 111 41 34W), 17 km, or 0.145 degrees, or 9 minutes, or almost 2 townships N of the lat/long, but still within Broadwater county. Rosebud county is centered at the same latitude but 106W longitude. A Pb/Ag prospect is very anomalous in Rosebud county. All of the other 23 deposits in the county are industrial minerals. In contrast, similar types of mines surround both the PLSS and lat/long locations. So the county name was changed to Broadwater, the lat/long was left unchanged, and the disagreeing PLSS location noted.

Comment (Reference): The abbreviated citation in the reference field is probably: Avery, D.W., Sweeney, T.M., and Satkoski, J., 1989, Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Montana: Spokane, Wash., U.S. Bureau of Mines, unpaginated. (Prepared for publication as Information Circular but never released. A copy is on file at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont.)

References

Reference (Deposit): AVERY, D.W. MONTANA DIRECTORY - IN PREP.

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.