Polaris Taku

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184023
MAS/MILS ID 1220100130
Record type Site
Current site name Polaris Taku
Alternate or previous names Whitewater

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -133.6381, 58.70117 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taku River C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taku River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -133.6381, 58.70117

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1994

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carnarc Resources Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Indicated 1700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1700000mt ore
    Total resources 1700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 15.6 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 302000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 15.1 g/mt Gold Major 0
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Inferred 1720000mt ore
    Total resources 1720000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.7 g/mt Gold Major 0
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Total resources 805455mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 16.07 g/mt Gold Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 07/26/95, P16, "DRILLING PROGRAM NOW

  • Deposit

    UNDERWAY AT POLARIS TAKU".

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 10/25/96, P1, "POLARIS TAKU DRILL

  • Deposit

    RESULTS".

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, 8/14/91, P. 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CMH, 91-92, P.366.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, 1996-97, P93.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V328, #8430, MAY 23, 1997, P409.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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