Aurora Joint Venture

Prospect in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Lithium, Mercury, Uranium
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201599
MRDS ID OR07777
MAS/MILS ID 0410450465
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Joint Venture
Alternate or previous names Lj, Am, Vj, Jj, Odc
Related records 10054687

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.0899, 42.04158 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041 S 039 E 01 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.0899, 42.04158

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chevron Resources Co.
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES MILOC DATABASE, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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