The Klondike Bar is a gold mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 3,241 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: 3,241 Feet (988 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.11111, -111.03278
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Klondike Bar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Klondike Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Kaiparowits Area, Colorado River Placers
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: Stream 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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Escalante Bench - Kaiparowits Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU FLAKES 0.960 FINE, CONTAIN MINOR AMOUNTS PT AND AG
Materials
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OHTER PLACERS IN KAIPAROWITS REGION MAY ALSO CONTAIN PT, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE MENTIONED BY NAME AS BEING PLATINIFEROUS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): LARGE BAR SAID TO HAVE YIELDED A "GOOD AMOUNT OF GOLD"
Comment (Deposit): LARGE BAR, GOLD PRESENT AT SURFACE AND AT BEDROCK CONTACT
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS ON 70 FT BENCH LEVEL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT UNDER LAKE POWELL AND INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Commodity): NO NUGGETS FOUND. FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MAKES RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. SUBMERGED IN LAKE POWELL
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BUTLER, 1920
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111, P. 639.
Reference (Deposit): GREGORY, H.E., AND MOORE, R.C., 1931, THE KAIPAROWITS REGION, A GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 164, P. 147-148.
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C.B., AVERITT, PAUL, AND MILLER, R.L., 1953, GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 228, P. 221.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 13-14.
Reference (Deposit): 1931 GEOLMAP GREGORY AND MOORE PROF. PAPER 164 , P. 14
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