1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Aurora Partnership Mine

Plant in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198459
MRDS ID W016423
MAS/MILS ID 0320210544
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Partnership Mine
Alternate or previous names Astor, Humboldt Property, Aurora Mas Seq 0320210310, Aurora, Alice C. Dennis, Aurora Electra, Aurora Partnership, Silver Lining Consolidated, Possibily Humboldt Shaft, Seq#0320210123
Related records 10198201

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.87766, 38.28882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2290
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aurora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 N 028 E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Adularia Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.87766, 38.28882
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 24M
    Length 490M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N40E:65W
    Date of Last Modification 850904

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK DATA- 1102 IS A QUARTZ VEIN. (UNSPECIFIED INTRUSIVE)
  • TETRAHEDRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1860
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1983
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Aurora Division, Aranka Goldfields

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Consolidated Nevada Goldfields Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1997
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Electra Mining (Us) Consolidated Ltd.
    ID 2602025
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
    Last year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Aurora Partnership
    ID 2670111
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991
    First year 1991
    Last year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Electra North West Resources, Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1983
    First year 1983
    Last year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Centennial Minerals, Ltd., Vancouver, Bc, (Lessee)
    Home office Canada
    Year 1983
    First year 1983
    Last year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Centennial Exploration Corp.
    Year 1983
    First year 1983
    Last year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Portions Of Property Leased From Hanna Mining Co. And
    Last year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner From Houston International Minerals.
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • ADDRESS SISKON GOLD CORP. 350 CROWN POINT CIRCLE, #1000, GRASS VALLEY, CALIF. 95945, USA. AS OF 12/31/96 MINE WILL BE CONSIDERED A PAST PRODUCER; ALL RESERVE AND RESOURCE DATA WILL BE INCLUDED UNDER THE AURORA MINE MAS SEQ# 0320210310: GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 35 KM NORTH OF HAWTHORNE. MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT. MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE, AND IS ACTIVE-STANDBY. MILLING METHOD IS TEST CYANIDE HEAP LEACH, ADSORPTION- DESORPTION COLUMNS, ELECTROLYSIS, SMELTING. PROCESS RATE-- 90 MT JAW AND CONE CRUSHER, ESTIMATE ABOUT 1,600 MT/D AND 196,000 MT/A. PRODUCT TYPE IS GOLD DORE. PAST PRODUCTION- THE FIRST DORE WAS PLANNED TO BE POURED IN JULY, 1983. PLANNED PRODUCTION FOR 1983 WAS 77,000 MT CONTAINING ABOUT 300 KG GOLD. ANTICIPATED RECOVERY WAS 70%. TOTAL WASTE PRODUCTION PLANNED WAS 200,000 MT. (NEVADA DIRECTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE #309).
  • TETRAHEDRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS. PROPERTY WAS SOLD BY ELECTRA GOLD LTD. IN 1996 TO CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP.

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description Silver Production (Fy) 3591 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 111692.6g
  • Year 1988
    Description Gold Production (Fiscal Year - Fy) 3743 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 116420.32g
  • Year 1988
    Description Design Cap; Hl (Avg 1100mt/Day); 88-91: 362874 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1989
    Description Silver Production (Fy) 21714 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 675380.98g
  • Year 1989
    Description Gold Production (Fy) 18037 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 561013.48g
  • Year 1990
    Description Silver Production (Fy) 37754 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1174280.82g
  • Year 1990
    Description Gold Production (Fy) 28126 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 874816.5g
  • Year 1991
    Description Silver Production (Fy) 50747 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1578408.35g
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold Production (Fy) 33401 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1038887.36g
  • Year 1991
    Period 1988-1991
    Description Average Mining Rate; 1988-1991 2271000 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1992
    Description Silver Production (Fy) 79200 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2463395.69g
  • Year 1992
    Description Gold Production (Fy) 39132 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1217141.41g
  • Year 1992
    Description Design Cap; Hl (Avg 1400mt/Day); 92-93: 417305 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1993
    Description Silver Production (Most Recent Fy) 59880 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1862476.44g
  • Year 1993
    Description Gold Production (Most Recent Fy) 30285 T Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 941968.92g
  • Year 1994
    Description Gold Production 29971 T Oz/Yr Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 932202.42g
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production Not Reported 0 T Oz/Yr Gold
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Production Not Reported 0 T Oz/Yr Gold

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 12,500 OZ AU FROM TREATING AN ESTIMATED 91,000 MT ORE IN 1989. HEAP LEACH OPERATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 1360000mt ore
    Total resources 1360000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 34.29 g/mt Gold Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 255800mt ore
    Total resources 255800mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.36 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 44500mt ore
    Total resources 44500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.37 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 644218mt ore
    Total resources 644218mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.32 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 306600mt ore
    Total resources 306600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.49 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 1361000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.43 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1989 RESERVE 275,000 MT AT 7.89 G AU/MT. DATA NOT IN Q-TADLE. NO BACK UP FOR DATA IN Q-MATRIX ONE COLUMN ONE.
  • BACK UP MATERIAL FOR RESOURCES RECORDS 001-004 COULD NOT BE FOUND. RESOURCES RECORD 5 SEE BIBLI "R" REC 009-012.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE HAS A VERY HIGH CLAY CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Ownership

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 66.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995/96, NEVADE MINES DIRECTORY, P27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, PP. 305, 306.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P93.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, PP. 229, 251.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J. P., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. SPATIAL

  • Deposit

    RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS

  • Deposit

    IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 700-C, 1970,

  • Deposit

    PP. C1-C10.

  • Deposit

    CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

  • Deposit

    BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

  • Deposit

    NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R. STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION AT

  • Deposit

    THE AURORA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S.

  • Deposit

    THESIS, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1964, 41 PP.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F. J., W. E. DAVIS, M. L. CHESTERMAN, C.

  • Deposit

    W. CHESTERMAN, R. H. CHAPMAN, AND C. H. GRAY, JR.

  • Deposit

    AEROMAGNETIC AND LIMITED GRAVITY STUDIES AND GENERALIZED

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE BODIE HILLS REGION, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1384, 1975, 38 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 58, 1961,

  • Deposit

    98 PP.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990. NV. DIV. MINE

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION, 1991, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, MINE DIRECTORY,1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP. 229, 251.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1990/1991.

  • Deposit

    ELECTRA GOLD LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P1.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P27.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD (DENVER). MERGER OF ELECTRA RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST. V. 94, NO. 2, 1982.

  • Deposit

    INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). ELECTRA NORTH

  • Deposit

    WEST AIMS FOR PRODUCTION AT AURORA MINE IN JULY. NO. 45,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1983, P. 6A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. PIT ZONE AVERAGE DIMENSIONS(1983); LENGTH-490, WIDTH- 60 TO 120, DEPTH- 12 TO 35 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/17/1998
MSHA mine ID2602025
Mine name (MSHA)PROSPECTUS MINE
Current operatorNevada Goldfields Inc
Current controller (parent)Real Del Monte Mining Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

Open MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System for inspections, accidents, and violations for this mine.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.