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Aurora Borealis Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001333
MRDS ID A012073
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Borealis Mine
Alternate or previous names Ab, Morningstar
Related records 10282646

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.87093, 58.59475 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 3 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.87093, 58.59475
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 27 NW
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 200 FT TUNNELS AND SMALL MILL ON SITE, BEFORE 1900; 56 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS COVER THIS SITE, BESSIE AND ALASKA-WASHINGTON LOCATIONS

Comments on development

  • SMALL MILL OPERATED BEFORE 1895; BY 1905 MINE HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR "SEVERAL YEARS"; SOME WORK DONE IN THE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3.5 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN NEAR SLATE/GREENSTONE CONTACT CONTAINS GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE AND SUBORDINATE GALENA
Deposit SEE ALSO: BESSIE, AK-WASHINGTON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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