Klondike Bar

The Klondike Bar is a gold mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 3,241 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

Name: Klondike Bar  

State:  Utah

County:  Kane

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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