Mine detail: Gold Bar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.75936, -116.44063

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury, Barium-Barite, Manganese
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1983

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1986-1990
First production started:	1986
Last production ended:	1990

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Denay Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Siltstone,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Roberts Mountain Thrust, Paleozoic Thrusting And Folding And Tertiary High Angle Faulting. Limestone Beds Are Gently Folded Along Ene-Trending Fold Axes, Forming Anticlines And Synclines That Plunge 10-40 Degrees To The East. The Dominant Tertiary Fault Sets Strike Northwest And North-South; Other Sets Strike East-Northeast And Northeast.
Alteration processes:	Major Decalcification, Silicification, Carbon Remobilization, And Iron Oxidation And Redistribution. Minor Bleaching, Calcite Veining, Argillization. See Geology Comments.

References

MRDS	M242943
DEP	10047572
Reference	{Deposit:: BROILI, C., ET AL, 1988, GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE GOLD BAR DEPOSIT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN SCHAFER, R.W., ET AL, EDS., BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 57-72.}{Deposit:: MASINTER, R.A., 1991 ZONING OF ALTERED WALL ROCK AND SPATIAL RELATIONS TO GOLD ORE, GOLD BAR MINE, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 701-703.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED DRAFT REPORT BY ATLAS PRECIOUS METALS, INC., 1988, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 106, ITEM 14.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1988, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1987, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1987.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY AND SMITH, 1983, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SHOSHONE-EUREKA RESOURCE AREA, BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 83-3.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY AND SMITH, 1983, RESULTS OF GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING WITHIN THE SHOSHONE-EUREKA RESOURCE AREA, EUREKA, LANDER, AND NYE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 83-4.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1989, BULK-MIEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS IN NEVADA, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 106, NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS.}{Deposit:: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - PROPOSED GOLD BAR EXPANSION PROJECT (NV64-EA9-74), BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 1989.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1992.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1991.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1990.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1989.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1987, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1987.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1986, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1986.}{Deposit:: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1985, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1985.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994}{Production:: 1987: UNKNOWN 1988: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988. 1990: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. NBMG MI-1993}
Reporter	Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)