Polestar Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041765
MRDS ID M057530
Record type Site
Current site name Polestar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8164, 40.13354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1843
Relative position 600 FT EAST OF LUCKY DAY KNOB

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 13 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8164, 40.13354

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 35SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 487.68M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.96 Percent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 3wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.65 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 103g/mt
  • Year 1917
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.096 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 3g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LARGE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SEVERAL SURFACE PITS, CUTS AND DIGGINGS SCATTERED AROUND AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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