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Gold Bar Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044505
MRDS ID M231952
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bar Group
Alternate or previous names Cotter Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6034, 37.99523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1820
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF THE GOLDEN ARROW TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stinking Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 048E 28 SW4 OF SE4 OF NE4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES $25 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6034, 37.99523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - W
    Dip 43-60 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golden Arrow District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hendley, C. G. And Others
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION FROM 1941 AND 1946 CAN ALSO INCLUDE THOSE OF THE GOLDEN ARROW GROUP.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 70-71

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 120.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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