The Gold Bar Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.45111, -118.45806
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Gold Bar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bar Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 3628
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pamlico
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FOLLOWS SE EXTENSION OF THE P-VEIN JUST NORTH OF WHERE IT IS FAULTED OFF
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: THERE ARE LOADING BINS AND ORE STOCKPILED, SO THERE WAS PRODUCTION BUT THE AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS ADITS AND PROSPECTS WITHIN 500 FEET OF EACH OTHER
Comment (Geology): SOME PROPHYRY INTRUSIVE ON THE N.E. BLOCK. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE COLLARED IN PROPHYRY ALTHOUGH THE STRUCTURE AND OTHER UNITS ARE CONTACTED AT DEPTH. THE MAIN VEIN SYSTEM FOLLOWS THE NORTHWEST SHEAR. THE VEIN MATERIAL WAS BOTH QUARTZ AND BRECCIA WITH LEAD AND OTHER SULFIDES. ; GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035292
Comment (Location): 3 SHAFTS POSSIBLE LOCATION OF GOLD BAR MINE POOR ROAD FROM THE PAMLICO SITE.
Comment (Production): NO INFO.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DIST., MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 74
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-3-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
