| Deposit ID | 10041765 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057530 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Polestar Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.8164, 40.13354 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1843 |
| Relative position | 600 FT EAST OF LUCKY DAY KNOB |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 13 | NE OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Ferberite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | -113.8164, 40.13354 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W |
| Dip | 35SW |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 487.68M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^2.96 Percent | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.65 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.096 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Overall width | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057530 |
SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177, P. 124
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 17
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B, PROF. PAPER 177 P. 124-125
NOLAN, T.B. 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTA; USGS PP. 177 P. 124
MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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