The Poljack Property is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.89167, -114.35833
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Poljack Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poljack Property
Secondary: Wolframite No 1 and No 2. Claims
Secondary: Jack Pot Claims
Secondary: Usbm Sample Localities 18, 19 Ofr Mla 56-83
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Tungsten (Hub) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1929
Material type: ORE PBCUAG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Yielded 6119 Lb Pb
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^200 Lb Sorted Ore Ran 20% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.02 TO 0.04% WO3 OVER A 2-FT WIDTH. 2 3-INCH CHIP SAMPLES IN 1981 YIELDED 0.3 AND 0.5 OZ/T AG, 0.01 AND 0.03% PB, NO AU, CU, SB, W.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.75 MILE E. OF RAY SPRING (RAISED SPRING?); 0.5 MILE N OF THE HUB MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): FIRST WORK DONE BY BREMER WAS FOR GOLD; RELOCATED BY MR. POLJACK IN 1950
Comment (Deposit): WOLFRAMITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED SMALL CRYSTALS AND AS THIN SEAMS IN QUARTZ. IN PLACES, ESPECIALLY ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION EXTENDS FOR A SHORT DISTANCE INTO THE GRANITE. 2 VEINS.
Comment (Workings): ADIT 25 FT LONG, 20 FT CUT, 500 FT APART; SHALLOW CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA; NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 5
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.
Reference (Production): SMITH, RM, 1976, P. 77; MINING RECORD, 1929 STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
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.
