The Gold Bar Group is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,770 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: 4,770 Feet (1,454 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.69028, -118.26778
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Gold Bar Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bar Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Cox Canyon District (Silverhill District)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Cirac Brothers
Owner Name: Cirac, Charles F. And Leon
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cox Canyon Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM OF SHAFT ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE REVENUE GROUP IN COX CANYON. SECTION ESTIMATED. AREA IS UNSURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): THE ONLY PRODUCTION WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD OBTAINED BY MORTARING AND HAND-PANNING
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS BEARING FREE GOLD
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. I.C. -7093.
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979. USBM
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
