Mine detail: Gold Bug Mine

Previously called 'Gold Bug LodeHattie MineSilver Pine MinePriest Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.86768, -120.6588

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1848

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Calaveras Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Sandstone
Tectonic:	Located Approximately 1,000 Feet (305 M) East Of The Melones Fault Zone.

References

MRDS	M008458
DEP	10030387
Reference	{Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 262 AND PL II.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA, CDMG BULLETIN 193, 186P.}{Deposit:: DODGE, F.W., AND LOYD, R.C., 1984, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN SIERRA NEVADA; FIELD TRIP GUIDE: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 84-169, 25P.}{Deposit:: BURNETT, JOHN, L., THE GOLD BUG MINE, 1993, CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, MAY/JUNE, 1993, V. 46, NO. 3. P. 68-72.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Mateik, R. (Albers, J.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)