Polaris

The Polaris is a mercury mine located in Lake county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Polaris

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Lake
District: Glass Buttes

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Asa Goddard

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1933
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Harney Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization Of Host Rocks

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Workings): AN ADIT WITH SEVERAL BRANCHES AND A GLORY HOLE RAISE TO AN OPEN CUT IN THE ORE ZONE; SEVERAL TRENCHES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): OPALITE DERIVED FROM GLASSY SILICIC FLOWS AND TUFF.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BROOKS, H.C., ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 172-174

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35

Reference (Deposit): REED, G.C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GLASS BUTTES MERCURY DEPOSIT, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON: USBM REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 3926

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1968

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