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Polar Star

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108370
MRDS ID DC05126
Record type Site
Current site name Polar Star
Alternate or previous names Yellow Jacket, Seven Forty, Gold Quartz, Ingham, Mahony, Treasury, Blazing Star, Almaden, Standard, Galconda, Lyons
Related records 10264284

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.58281, 39.7886 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 73W 17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.58281, 39.7886
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS OF PYRITIC, COMPOSITE, AND GALENA - SPHALERITE TYPES. SMALL SIZE ORE BODIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 13-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg 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 Colorado resources

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