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Aurora Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Vanadium, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008138
MRDS ID D000074
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Mine
Related records 10162010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18136, 35.40945 (WGS84)
Elevation 1318
Relative position 1 MILE E-SE OF CHLORIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vanadinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Zone Contains Pb + Ag

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18136, 35.40945
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 14 W
    Dip 86 E
    Length 426.72M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET ; GEOL.DESC: V-CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATE PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Comments on the production information

  • 5 TONS OF VANADINITE AND 5 TONS OF LEAD ORE PILED NEAR PORTAL, AS OF 1943.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, PP 148-149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY OCCURANCE OF V OBSERVED OR REPORTED IN THE DISTRICT AS OF 1943. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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