Aurora Project

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054113
MRDS ID OR07115
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Project
Related records 10153248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.90932, 42.03516 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
41S 41E 4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.90932, 42.03516

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Placers Amex, Inc

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. MINED LAND RECLAMATION FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JAN-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.