The Polaris is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Polaris MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Polaris
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Development): SUPPLIED ORE TO THE COLUMBIA MILL IN 1870'S
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN; DISCONTINOUS
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. INCLINE WITH 2 DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURES AS DISCONTINOUS VEIN IN CROSSCUTTING FISSURE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED 1/4 M. S.E. OF HUMBOLDT MINE. A 200' INCLINE WAS SUNK WITH TWO DRIFTS. SUPPLIED ORE TO COLUMBIA MILL IN THE 1870'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E. ETAL (1957) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
