The Aurora Mine is a mercury mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 3,839 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: 3,839 Feet (1,170 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.395, -120.67306
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Aurora Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Mine
Secondary: Morning Star
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Benito
District: New Idria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. P. Jarrett
Owner Name: R. Piaz, J. Carillo
Years: 1952 -
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: Thru 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1853
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N 70 W Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N 45 W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica - Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): ORE IS IN LARGE IRREGULAR BODIES OF SILICA - CARBONATE ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 41-60
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
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