| Deposit ID | 10036277 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aurora Uranium Prospect |
| Related records | 10225544 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.90016, 42.03044 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ONE - HALF MILE SOUTH OF BRETZ MERCURY MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Malheur(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bretz Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Malheur |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 041S | 041E | 10 | NE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 155 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25f |
| Deposit model name | Volcanogenic U |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.90016, 42.03044 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Faults Paralleling The Caldera Rim |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1977 |
| Discoverer | Locke Jacobs |
| District name | Opalite |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Placer Amex, Locke Jacobs, Cordex, Inc |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Energy Ventures Ltd. |
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 7709000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025036 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410450362 |
FERNS, MARK L. ,PERSONAL KNOWNLEDGE
ROPER AND WALLACE, 1980
Australia's Paydirt, March 2011, p. 90-91.
Energy Ventures Ltd., 2011, http://www.energyventures.com.au/projects/projectsoregon.html
Myers, Gregory, and Underhill, Douglas, 2005, Technical Report of the Aurora Uranium Project, Malheur county, Oregon: NI 43-101 report prepared for Quincy Energy Company (available for download at www.sedar.com [Quincy Energy Corp., Technical Report(s), Sept 19, 2005]).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THICK. IT OUTCROPS LOCALLY BUT GENERALLY IS COVERED BY LAKE BEDS RANGING FROM 0 TO 600 FT THICK. THE LONG AXIS TRENDS NW |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-81 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-93 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-95 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 20-OCT-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Added reference, company info. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.