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Gold Bar Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103594
MRDS ID M035297
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bar Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45901, 38.45103 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position GARFIELD HILLS, 10 MI. SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 SHAFTS POSSIBLE LOCATION OF GOLD BAR MINE POOR ROAD FROM THE PAMLICO SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.45901, 38.45103
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Domenico Tubino
Production years 1870 - 1880

Mining district

District name Pamlico

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFO.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS ADITS AND PROSPECTS WITHIN 500 FEET OF EACH OTHER

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THERE ARE LOADING BINS AND ORE STOCKPILED, SO THERE WAS PRODUCTION BUT THE AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DIST., MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 74

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-3-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOLLOWS SE EXTENSION OF THE P-VEIN JUST NORTH OF WHERE IT IS FAULTED OFF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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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