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Gold Bar Mine

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Mercury, Silver, Thallium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191472
MRDS ID M242943
MAS/MILS ID 0320110269
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bar Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Bar I, Gold Bar, Goldstone Gst, Gold Ridge Gr, Gold Pick Gp, Gold Canyon Gc, Depostis Associated With Mine., Hunter Ht, Gold Bar Project, Cabin Creek Cck
Related records 10047572, 10310542

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.47732, 39.75552 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 049 E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Thallium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.47732, 39.75552
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1983
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1987
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Gold Bar

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
    Interest 90
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1981
    Last year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Gold Mining, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1989
    First year 1981
    Last year 1997

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Description Cil Mill Plus Heap Leach 1244100 G/Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1244100g
  • Year 1988
    Description Cil Mill Plus Heap Leach 1439800 G/Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1439800g
  • Year 1989
    Description Cil Mill Plus Heap Leach 2055400 G/Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2055400g
  • Year 1990
    Description Cil Mill Plus Heap Leach 2527600 G/Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2527600g
  • Year 1991
    Description Silver 93310 G
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 93310g
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold 2510891 G
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2510891g
  • Year 1992
    Description Au 2545260 G
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2545260g
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 6019 T Oz/Yr Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 187211.85g

Comments on the production information

  • MILL ORE. 1988 AU PROD.= 50,000 OZ. 1989 AU PROD. = 66,082 OZ. FROM 666,000 MT ORE MILLED. 1989 RESERVE = 204,000 OZ.CONT.AU

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 2429441mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.4 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 2429441mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.4 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 3056305mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.06 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 5485746mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.655 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE GOLD BAR AREA HAS NOT BEEN IN PRODUCTION SINCE 12/31/95 INCLUDES AREA DEPOSITS: GOLD PICK EAST; GOLD PICK EAST; GOLD RIDGE: OTHER SATELLLITE DEPOSITS INCLUDE: CABIN CREEK; HUNTER; GOLD CANYON; AND POT CANYON; ORE FROM THESE DEPOSITS IS CONSIDERED MEAS + INDI MINERALIZED MATERIAL: ALL RESERVES AS OF 12/31/96: ADIT PRODUCTION BASED ON AVG MILL FEED FROM 1991 TO 1995:
  • RESOURCES REC 1 TOTAL OF GOLD PICK E & W; GOLD RIDGE DEPOSTIS. RES REC 2 INCLUDES GOLD PICK EAST & WEST & GOLD RIDGE DEPOSITS. RESOURCES REC 3 INCLUDEDS DEPOSTIS; CABIN CREEK; HUNTER; GOLD CANYON; POT CANYON: MINERALIZED MAT AS OF 12/31/96: RESOURCES RECORD 4 INCLUDES ALL "GOLD BAR" ARES DEPOSITS: GOLD PICK EAST; GOLD PICK WEST; GOLD RIDGE; CABIN CREEK; HUNTER; GOLD CANYON; & POT CANYON: 12/31/96:

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .65
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 40
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 40
    Tertiary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 50
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1354
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Year of Information 1987

Comments on other economic factors

  • PUBLISHED CAPITAL COSTS ARE $17.5 MILLION TOTAL PLANT & EQUI
  • MINE IS A 1500 STPD OPEN PIT, ON LINE 10/86.
  • MILL IS A 1500 STPD OPERATION, ON LINE 12/86.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, P8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P15.

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MTN PAYDIRT, 1/87, P.8A.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, VOL 12, NO 12, P9, 5/23/86

  • Deposit

    THE NEVADA PROSPECTOR, VOL 23, P.23, FALL 1986

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    GOLD RECORD FOR ATLAS. MIN. J. (LONDON), OCT. 19, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 314.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION. 1989 ANNUAL REPORT. 1990, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, D. N. ATLAS CORP. MARKS OFFICIAL OPENING OF

  • Deposit

    ITS GOLD BAR MINE. SKILLINGS' MIN. REVIEW, JUNE 27,

  • Deposit

    1987, PP 4-8.

  • Deposit

    FARLEY, E. R. ATLAS CORP. CHAIRMAN. REPORTED IN ROCKY

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT (BISBEE, AZ), JAN. 1987, P. 8A.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, MINING DIVISION. NET

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDS RECORDS. CARSON CITY, NV, FEB. 1991.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING MINING REVIEW, MARCH 25, 1994.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P5.

  • Deposit

    ALTAS CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 4-5.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIRECTORY OF MINES, 1995/1996, P23.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP246, 248.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 3-11.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION NEWS RELEASE, 1-30-97.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, V83, #10, MAY 5, 1997, P3.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-30-97: ATLAS CORP. AND VISTA GOLD CORP. AGREED TO TERMINATE THEIR JOINT VENTURE ARRANGEMENT. ATLAS HAS REGAINED A 100% INTEREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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