Mine detail: Gold Bug Mine

Previously called 'Dakota Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.15934, -112.97589

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth, Tellurium
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR PIPES, SHOOTS
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1862

Geology

Host rock:Madison
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Bannack Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Garnetization, Oxidation

References

MRDSW013432
DEP10070482
Reference{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 6.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 73.}{Deposit:: 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL,A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574}{Deposit:: 1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}{Production:: M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, U.S.G.S. BULL. 574.}
ReporterMlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)