Mine detail: Gold Bug Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.93715, -108.61996

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc
Ore: Hessite, Sylvanite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1893

Geology

Host rock:Metamorphic Pre-Belt-Slate
Host type:Syenite
Associated rock:Syenite Porphyry
Associated type:Syenite
Tectonic:Within Laccolithic Intrusives

References

MRDSM060832
DEP10042797
Reference{Deposit:: DYSON, J.L., 1939, RUBY GULCH GOLD MINING DISTRICT, LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: ECON. GEOL., V. 34, NO. 2, P. 201-213}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., 1908, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 340, P. 96-116.}{Deposit:: KNECHTEL, M.M., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND ENCIRCLING FOOTHILLS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1072N. P. 723-752}{Deposit:: 1907 RECON EMMONS, W.H., USGS BULL. 340}{Deposit:: 1921 GEOLMAP KNECHTEL, M.M., USGS BULL. 1072N}{Production:: OME FILES}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P.