The Meskin Bar is a gold mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 3,179 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,179 Feet (969 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.02278, -111.24444
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Meskin Bar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meskin Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Escalante Bench - Kaiparowits Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU FLAKES 0.960 FINE, CONTAIN MINOR AMOUNTS PT AND AG.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SUBMERGED UNDER LAKE POWELL
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111 .
Reference (Deposit): GREGORY, H. E., AND GRAHAM, R. L., 1931 , THE KAIPAROWITS REGION. A GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA: USGS PROF. PAPER 164 .
Reference (Deposit): 1931 GEOLMAP GREGORY & MOORE PROF. PAPER 164 , P. 14
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BUTLER, 1920
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