Borealis Mine & Mill Site
Borealis Mine & Mill Site is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,209 m. Mount Grant stands 3,421 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stageroad Spring, a spring 3.5 miles away. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
Operator: Echo Bay Minerals Co. Gold, Mercury, Silver. 1988 PROD.= 60,000 OZ.AU; 1988 RESERVE= ONLY 167,010 CONT. OZ.AU 1989 PROD.= 89,000 OZ AU FROM LEACHING 2,209,000 MT ORE. 1989.
The story
Mine in Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49401566, matched on coordinates and name (421 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- None
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
93 named places within 25 miles
- Buller Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Corey Peak: 4.6 mi
- Powell Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Big Indian Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Mount Hicks: 8.0 mi
- Stageroad Spring: 3.5 mi
- Powell Spring: 3.7 mi
- Mud Spring: 3.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.6 mi
- Fletcher Spring: 7.8 mi
- Aurora: 10.3 mi
- Petroglyphs: 13.2 mi
- Parr House: 18.0 mi
- Stone Ruins: 18.2 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 18.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 18.1 mi
- Walker Lake State Park: 19.2 mi
- Walker Lake Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Hawthorne Ordnance Museum: 12.4 mi
- Mineral County Museum: 12.4 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 18.3 mi
- Peppers Place: 12.4 mi
- The Elbow: 15.7 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 13.8 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sportsmans Beach: 21.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Locomotive Point: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Borealis Mine & Mill Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Grant | N 352° | 3,421 m | 12.9 mi |
| Corey Peak | NNW 343° | 3,201 m | 4.6 mi |
| Potato Peak | WSW 240° | 3,113 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bodie Mountain | WSW 237° | 3,101 m | 20.2 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,062 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Brawley Peak | SW 224° | 2,910 m | 12.8 mi |
| Powell Mountain | SE 142° | 2,903 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,884 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:43 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:57 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1010741846
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