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Aurora

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198104
MAS/MILS ID 0320330155
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora
Alternate or previous names North Aurora, South Aurora

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.48338, 39.21803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Treasure Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 058 E 30 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 23 MI SW OF HAWTHORNE NV.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.48338, 39.21803
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Nevada Goldfields
    Year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 287000mt ore
    Demonstrated 287000mt ore
    Total resources 287000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.1 g/mt Gold Trace 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, MAR 1, 1995, P 15

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, MAR 20, 1995, P B16

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 57, 1960, PP.83, 84, 91, PL.2.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1975, PP.83, 86, PL.2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAR-96 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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