| Deposit ID | 10222446 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320210296 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aurora Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Cortez Mine |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.90566, 38.27132 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2400 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005 N | 028 E | 19 | SWSW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Pit (1) | -118.90566, 38.27132 |
|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Mining method | Combined Methods |
| District name | Aurora Division, Aranka Goldfields |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320210296 |
USGS AURORA GUADRANGLE, 7.5 MIN SERIES, 1989.
MINE MAP REPOSITORY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VARIOUS PROSPECTS ABOVE THE HISTORIC MINE SITE OF AURORA. APPROXIMATELY1000 METERS TO THE SOUTHWEST, UP THE HILL. PROPERTY MAY AS OF 1997 BE PART OF THE AURORA PROPERTY OWNED AND OPERATED BY CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP. THE USGS AURORA 7.5 MIN QUAD, 1989 DID NOT HAVE A MINE NAME ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHAFTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-AUG-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.