Nevada · Mineral County
Plant

Borealis Mine & Mill

Mineral County, Nevada, United States
GoldMercurySilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAlunite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1981
Discovery year1977
Identification
Deposit ID10198539
Alternate namesBorealis Mine, James Ridge See Comments
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.38242, -118.76096
References
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