The Gold Bar Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.08472, -112.56917
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Gold Bar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bar Mine
Secondary: O'Brien
Secondary: Black Bear
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Little Jim
Secondary: Crown
Secondary: Interior Mining and Trust Co.
Secondary: Jenny Lynn
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunshine Mining Co.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Year: 1907
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2 Oz. Au/Ton, 3 Oz. Ag/Ton, 49 % Fe, 15 % Si, 15 % S
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH.
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION IN 1986 BY SUNSHINE MINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 63
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
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