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East Aurora Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101564
MRDS ID D004821
Record type Site
Current site name East Aurora Mine
Related records 10172138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90201, 45.77322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES SE OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wise River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 25 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT NE OF DAISY VEIN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90201, 45.77322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Abuts Against Dolomite-Shale Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • RICH ORE AND WORKINGS INDICATE SMALL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • 48-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND AN INCLINED SHAFT. ORE WAS MINED FROM THE INCLINED SHAFT VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS ON PATENTED GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SC1. AND TECH., P. 46-7.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURORA VEIN IS PARALLEL TO THE EMMA VEIN, WHICH IS 50 FEET NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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