The Aurora Uranium Prospect is a uranium mine located in Malheur county, Oregon.
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Aurora Uranium Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Uranium Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Malheur
District: Opalite
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Placer Amex, Locke Jacobs, Cordex, Inc
Owner Name: Energy Ventures Ltd.
Info Year: 2011
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1977
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults Paralleling The Caldera Rim
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mineralized Rocks Are Intensely Altered, Mainly To Clay Minerals
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINERALIZED ZONE HAS BEEN OUTLINED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED DRILL HOLES
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THICK. IT OUTCROPS LOCALLY BUT GENERALLY IS COVERED BY LAKE BEDS RANGING FROM 0 TO 600 FT THICK. THE LONG AXIS TRENDS NW
Comment (Reference): NI 43-101 filed Sept by Quincy Energy Co.
Comment (Location): LAT/LONG ADDED 9/13/91 BY DAVE FRANK, SPOKANE MIO
Comment (Geology): LAVA FLOWS OF INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION (ICELANDITE).
References
Reference (Deposit): Energy Ventures Ltd., 2011, http://www.energyventures.com.au/projects/projectsoregon.html
URL: http://www.energyventures.com.au/
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, MARK L. ,PERSONAL KNOWNLEDGE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ROPER AND WALLACE, 1980
Reference (Deposit): Australia's Paydirt, March 2011, p. 90-91.
Pages: p. 90-91.
Reference (Deposit): Myers, Gregory, and Underhill, Douglas, 2005, Technical Report of the Aurora Uranium Project, Malheur county, Oregon: NI 43-101 report prepared for Quincy Energy Company (available for download at www.sedar.com [Quincy Energy Corp., Technical Report(s), Sept 19, 2005]).
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