Shoshone Polaris Mine
Shoshone Polaris Mine is a quarry in Nye, Nevada and has an elevation of 4,012 feet. Shoshone Polaris Mine is situated nearby to the locality Rhyolite, as well as near Bullfrog.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
- Also known as: “Polaris Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goldwell Open Air Museum.
Goldwell Open Air Museum
Museum
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Goldwell Open Air Museum is an outdoor sculpture park near the ghost town of Rhyolite in the U.S. state of Nevada. The 7.8-acre site is located at the northern end of the Amargosa Valley, about 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, and about 4 miles west of Beatty off State Route 374. Goldwell Open Air Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shoshone Polaris Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyolite and Bullfrog.
Rhyolite
Locality
Photo: Gedstrom, Public domain.
Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park.
Bullfrog
Locality
Bullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located at the north end of the Amargosa Desert about 4 miles west of Beatty. Bullfrog is situated 2 miles southwest of Shoshone Polaris Mine.
Beatty
Photo: David Balmer, CC BY 3.0.
Beatty is an unincorporated town along the Amargosa River in Nye County, Nevada, United States. U.S. Route 95 runs through the town, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles to the north and Las Vegas, about 120 miles to the southeast.
Shoshone Polaris Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Nye, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.91222° or 36° 54′ 44″ northLongitude
-116.81125° or 116° 48′ 41″ westElevation
4,012 feet (1,223 metres)Open location code
8585W56Q+VFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1367204649OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Shoshone Polaris Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shoshone Polaris Mine”
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