The Aurora Mine is a vanadium and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,324 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,324 Feet (1,318 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.40944, -114.18056
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Aurora Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Zone Contains Pb + Ag
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET ; GEOL.DESC: V-CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATE PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): ONLY OCCURANCE OF V OBSERVED OR REPORTED IN THE DISTRICT AS OF 1943. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): 5 TONS OF VANADINITE AND 5 TONS OF LEAD ORE PILED NEAR PORTAL, AS OF 1943.
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, PP 148-149
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