Mine detail: Aurora Partnership Mine

Previously called 'Possibily Humboldt ShaftSeq#0320210123AstorHumboldt PropertyAuroraAlice C. DennisAurora ElectraSilver Lining ConsolidatedAurora Mas Seq 0320210310Aurora Partnership'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.28882, -118.87766

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Other material: Adularia, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1983

Geology

References

MRDSW016423
MAS320210544
DEP10198459
Reference{Deposit:: ALBERS, J. P., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. SPATIAL}{Deposit:: RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS}{Deposit:: IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 700-C, 1970,}{Deposit:: PP. C1-C10.}{Deposit:: CLISBY, H. NEVAD* PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING}{Deposit:: BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),}{Deposit:: NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.}{Deposit:: GREEN, W. R. STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION AT}{Deposit:: THE AURORA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S.}{Deposit:: THESIS, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1964, 41 PP.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F. J., W. E. DAVIS, M. L. CHESTERMAN, C.}{Deposit:: W. CHESTERMAN, R. H. CHAPMAN, AND C. H. GRAY, JR.}{Deposit:: AEROMAGNETIC AND LIMITED GRAVITY STUDIES AND GENERALIZED}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE BODIE HILLS REGION, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1384, 1975, 38 PP.}{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 58, 1961,}{Deposit:: 98 PP.}{Deposit:: STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS}{Deposit:: ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990. NV. DIV. MINE}{Deposit:: INSPECTION, 1991, P. 66.}{Deposit:: RANDOL, MINE DIRECTORY,1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING}{Deposit:: COMPANIES, PP. 229, 251.}{Deposit:: RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1990/1991.}{Deposit:: ELECTRA GOLD LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P1.}{Deposit:: 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P27.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD (DENVER). MERGER OF ELECTRA RESOURCES}{Deposit:: AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST. V. 94, NO. 2, 1982.}{Deposit:: INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). ELECTRA NORTH}{Deposit:: WEST AIMS FOR PRODUCTION AT AURORA MINE IN JULY. NO. 45,}{Deposit:: JUNE 1983, P. 6A.}{Ownership:: NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE}{Ownership:: OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 66.}{Reserve-Resource:: 1995/96, NEVADE MINES DIRECTORY, P27.}{Reserve-Resource:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING}{Reserve-Resource:: COMPANIES, PP. 305, 306.}{Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P93.}{Reserve-Resource:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.