Mine detail: Polaris Prospect

Previously called 'Ed B. Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.07535, -124.04851

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Aluminum
Ore:	Bementite, Hausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Metchosin
Host type:	Limestone,Basalt
Associated rock:	Metchosin Volcanics
Associated type:	Basalt
Tectonic:	Active Margin (Leading Edge Of North American Plate)
Alteration processes:	Choritisation In Fractured Zone

References

MRDS	M700213
DEP	10047875
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 795-A, P. 21-22}{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 255}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5530, P. 27-29}
Reporter	Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)