Klondike Bar

Past Producer in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088354
MRDS ID DB01811
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Bar
Related records 10251872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.03351, 37.11111 (WGS84)
Elevation 988
Relative position 3.5 MI SOUTH OF NAVAJO POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cathedral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 008E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. SUBMERGED IN LAKE POWELL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO NUGGETS FOUND. FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MAKES RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU FLAKES 0.960 FINE, CONTAIN MINOR AMOUNTS PT AND AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Wash Gravel, Bars, Terrace Gravel
    Rock description Wash Gravel, Bars, Terrace Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.03351, 37.11111

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kaiparowits Area, Colorado River Placers

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the production information

  • LARGE BAR SAID TO HAVE YIELDED A "GOOD AMOUNT OF GOLD"

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT UNDER LAKE POWELL AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS ON 70 FT BENCH LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE BAR, GOLD PRESENT AT SURFACE AND AT BEDROCK CONTACT
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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