Mine detail: Gold Bug Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.67584, -114.53192

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Silver, Vanadinite
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1892 - 1908

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M004615
DEP	10027948
Reference	{Deposit:: GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 56 - 57.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 78.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 397, P. 217-218.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)