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Highlands Aurora Property Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078372
MRDS ID W026670
Record type Site
Current site name Highlands Aurora Property Mine
Alternate or previous names Aurora Group
Related records 10290405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96073, 47.57347 (WGS84)
Elevation 924
Relative position 5 MI N OF OSBURN AND 12.8 MI N OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 004E 19,20,21,28,29,30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF DEER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;Revett Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt;Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.96073, 47.57347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Highland Aurora Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS; 34 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. STRANGE MAGNETIC OCCURRENCES ON 1 PATENTED CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JUNE 22 , 1967 ; OCT. 22 , 1975

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS BULL 1027-P

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL ASARCO

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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