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Polar Star Mine

Past Producer in Eagle county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166986
MAS/MILS ID 0080370066
Record type Site
Current site name Polar Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.63002, 39.52079 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fulford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eagle(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Eagle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.63002, 39.52079
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James H. Brewster
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER IS JAMES H. BREWSTER, 2003 SWANS NECK WAY, RESTON, VA, 22091, PHONE (703) 860-4750

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: USGS FULFORD QUAD

  • Deposit

    REF: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOLY CROSS WILDERNESS, EAGLE,

  • Deposit

    LAKE, AND PITKIN COUNTIES, COLORADO, 1987, BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 3-87, P. 18-20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-93 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.