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Polar Star

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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 10034135
MRDS ID M020843
Record type Site
Current site name Polar Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.72743, 40.03127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF TAYLORSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.72743, 40.03127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Genesee Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY A TUNNEL AND AN OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, 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 California resources

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