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Gold Bar Group

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045398
MRDS ID M233111
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bar Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26875, 39.69018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1454

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cox Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 033E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM OF SHAFT ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE REVENUE GROUP IN COX CANYON. SECTION ESTIMATED. AREA IS UNSURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Kaipato Formation
    Rock description Kaipato Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26875, 39.69018
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cox Canyon Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Cox Canyon District (Silverhill District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cirac Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cirac, Charles F. And Leon
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • THE ONLY PRODUCTION WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD OBTAINED BY MORTARING AND HAND-PANNING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. I.C. -7093.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979. USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS BEARING FREE GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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