Mine detail: Gold Bug Prospect

Previously called 'Pinnell Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.96346, -116.74354

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, LENS
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock-Biotite Pyroxenite, Syenite Porphyry
Associated type:	Pyroxenite
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Epidote

References

MRDS	W015881
DEP	10072056
Reference	{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.}{Deposit:: FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 46.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907, P. 137-138.}{Deposit:: 1908 COMPILE NINTH ANN. MINE INSPECTO * REPT. FOR 1907}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.