The Gold Bar Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,282 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,282 Feet (1,610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.93833, -116.89028
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Gold Bar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonopah BLM administrative district
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Chulick, Mike
Home Office: Winters, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Angst Inc.
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1988 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1991
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: tabular
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Description: rhyolitic volcanic rocks
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): The mine was developed on vein deposits in silicic volcanic rocks.
Comment (Development): The mine was one of the original Bullfrog era underground mines discovered and mined in the early 1900s. A mill was erected on the property in 1907. Weekly shipments of 100 to 150 tons of high grade ore were being made in September 1907, but most mining had ceased by 1908. The mine was operated sporadically thereafter and in 1951 was owned by Mike Chulick of Winters, California. The property was explored by Columbus Mines Inc. of Reno in 1986, at which time Angst Inc. applied for 2 air quality permits for construction on the Gold Bar property with production slated for 1988. The mine produced from 1987 though 1991. When in operation during these years, it employed as many as 48 persons in the open pit, heap leach cyanidation process mine and mill.
Comment (Economic Factors): 1987 reserves were reported as 1.23 million tons of gold ore. The mine produced from 1987 through 1991, with an unknown amount of total production.
Comment (Identification): This record is an updated version of older record M231913 which could be deleted from the database
Comment (Location): The Gold Bar Mine is located about 2 miles NNW of Bullfrog Mountain.
Comment (Workings): Old workings consist of a 500 foot, 64 degree inclined shaft. The more recent mine was developed by an open pit in the 1980s-1990s.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: auriferous pyrite, native gold
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: gangue minerals: quartz, calcite
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1988, NBMG MI-1987-2004.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG Mining District File 218, press clippings.
Reference (Deposit): Ransome, F.L. et al, 1910, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District: USGS Bull. 407, p. 123-124.
Reference (Deposit): Kral, V.E., 1951, Mineral Resources of Nye Co.: NBMG Bull. 50, p. 37
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.
