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Aurora Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010836
MRDS ID D004828
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Mine
Related records 10269257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90367, 45.72322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
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

Vipond Park(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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 3300 FT N25W OF W. LONE PINE MI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.90367, 45.72322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 90
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

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 workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE 80-FT. DEEP AND ONE 50-FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS ON PATENTED GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH., P. 44-45.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 5 TO 6 FEET WIDE AT DEPTH OF 80 FT., AND WAS DISPLACED BY A SMALL FAULT.

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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