Mine detail: Aurora Uranium Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

42.03044, -117.90016

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coffinite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Opal, Pyrite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1977

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Nw Trending Faults Paralleling The Caldera Rim
Tectonic:	North Margin Of The Mcdermitt Caldera
Alteration processes:	Mineralized Rocks Are Intensely Altered, Mainly To Clay Minerals

References

MRDS	M025036
DEP	10036277
Reference	{Deposit:: FERNS, MARK L. ,PERSONAL KNOWNLEDG}{Reserve-Resource:: ROPER AND WALLACE, 1980}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)