Gold Bar

Gold Bar is a surface gold mine in Eureka County, Nevada, near Eureka. MSHA lists its status as active since Apr 22, 2019 and records 30 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 17 in Eureka County; by employees it ranks 35 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Apr 22, 2019
Type
Surface
County
Eureka County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Eureka
Employees reported
30
Operator
McEwen Mining Nevada, Inc
Coordinates
39.7481, -116.4419
MSHA mine ID
2602818

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Gold Bar Mine
USGS status
Producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury, Barium-Barite, Manganese
Deposit type
Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Output size
small (USGS class)
Production years
1986 to 1990
Discovered
1983

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10047572 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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