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Polar Star Mine

Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286696
MRDS ID M055786
MAS/MILS ID 0060790269
Record type Site
Current site name Polar Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Polar Star No. 1 Claim, Santa Clara Mine, Black Hawk Mine, Polar Star No. 2 Claim
Related records 10040902

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.27849, 35.76325 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 S 006 E 13 SWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.27849, 35.76325
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF.L JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 35, 1939, P. 444-445.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-R, 1941, P. 548-549, 578.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 195.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1992 Ridenour, James 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 California resources

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