Nixon Bar

The Nixon Bar is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nixon Bar
Secondary: Brown Bear Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Salmon River - Nixon Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Payette National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: L. M. Gwartney And Others
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1972 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RECOVERABLE BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 1.7 POUNDS/CY GRAVEL.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): Bar Is Long, Narrow Alluvial Terrace 15 Ft. Above River; Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis Pre - Belt Gneiss As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith

Comment (Location): At Mouth Of Nixon Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Comment (Production): $800 In Gold Reportedly Mined By Washing Gravel Through A Rocker

Comment (Development): Held As Brown Bear Placer Unpatented Mining Claim. ; Econ.Com: Gold Values Range From 1 To 5 Cents/Cy

Comment (Deposit): Contains 6 Acres

Comment (Workings): 5 Pits And 1 Trench Dug; Old Workings Consist Of 4 Cuts On The Toe Of The Canyon Wall That Average 7 Ft. In Depth

References

Reference (Deposit): Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P. 44 - 4

Reference (Production): Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, USGS Bulletin 1353-C.

Reference (Deposit): IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., Mitchell, Et Al. 1981.

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