The Aurora Borealis Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Aurora Borealis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Borealis Mine
Secondary: Ab
Secondary: Morningstar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Eagle River
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): SMALL MILL OPERATED BEFORE 1895; BY 1905 MINE HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR "SEVERAL YEARS"; SOME WORK DONE IN THE 1930'S
Comment (Deposit): 3.5 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN NEAR SLATE/GREENSTONE CONTACT CONTAINS GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE AND SUBORDINATE GALENA
Comment (Location): SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 3 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Workings): TWO 200 FT TUNNELS AND SMALL MILL ON SITE, BEFORE 1900; 56 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS COVER THIS SITE, BESSIE AND ALASKA-WASHINGTON LOCATIONS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: BESSIE, AK-WASHINGTON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 47-48
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 158-159
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 164, NO. 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P 131
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-118
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