Gold Bar Group

The Gold Bar Group is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,770 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.