Mine detail: Gold Bug Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Gold Bug, MS 11619aRepeal, MS 11691aGold Nugget, MS 11691aGold Bug Mill Site, MS 11691b'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71112, -107.52841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony
Ore:	Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Petzite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1892

Geology

Host rock:	Uncompahgre Formation
Host type:	Slate,Argillite
Associated rock:	San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies
Associated type:	Rhyodacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Uplift, Unnamed Fault, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010718
DEP	10014093
Reference	{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 67-71, 89-90.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 11691A & B}{Deposit:: PROSSER, W.C., 1911, THE BEAR CREEK SYLVANITE CAMP, COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 91, P. 712.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INSP. REPTS., 1897, P, 248.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.