| Deposit ID | 60001663 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002908 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Aurora District-Nevada |
| Alternate or previous names | Esmeralda, Cambridge, Old Humboldt Mine Area, Humboldt West and Humboldt East Claims, Humboldt Vein, Prospectus Vein, Juniata Mine, Del Monte Mine, Wide West Mine, Johnson Mine, Pond Mine, Chihuahua Mine, Garibaldi Mine, Antelope Mine, Utah Mine, Silver Hill, Middle Hill, Last Chance Hill, Aurora Mine, Aurora Partnership Mine |
| Related records | 10310395 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.90176, 38.28632 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | UTM COORDINATES CENTERED ON SITE OF HISTORIC RUINS. THIS RECORD IS A MERGE OF RECORDS W002908 AND M233145 AND DATA FROM THE GSN 1990 SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS AND NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972, UNKNOWN ACCURACY |
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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | STEEP N-S STRIKING FAULTS OFFSET THE MINERALIZED NE-STRIKING FAULTS. |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | A YOUNG, LESS THAN 3 MA OLD, BROAD REGIONAL UPWARP EXTENDS FORM THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BODIE HILLS THROUGH THE BODIE DISTRICT TO THE AREA OF THE AURORA DISTRICT. THIS UPWARP MAY CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH OF THE BOREALIS MINE. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Discovery year | 1860 |
| Discoverer | J.M. Brawley, J.M. Corey, E.R. Hicks |
| Year of first production | 1860 |
| District name | AURORA DISTRICT |
|---|
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL S8
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 594
FERGUSON, H.G., 1929, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NEVADA: ECON GEOL, V. 24, NO. 2, P 115-48.
GREEN, W.R., 1962, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION AT THE AURORA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEVADA.
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6941, 79P.
UNCOLN, F.C. 1923, MINING DIST. OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. 137-8.
STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC. 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES, FILE 189, PRESS CLIPPINGS.
OSBORNE, M.A., 1991, EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION AT AURORA, NEVADA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE GSN 1990 SYMPOSIUM, P. 1097-1110.
NBMG, 1990, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990: NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990, P. 23.
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
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