The Aura King is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,781 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: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.68528, -116.12667
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Aura King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aura King
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Overturned Beds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; FISSURES AND SHEARS
Comment (Deposit): THE AURA KING MINE IS IN BLUE SACKETT GULCH. THE VEIN IN LIMESTONE DIPS 30DEG SW, AND HAS BEEN FOLLOWED ON THE STRIKE FOR 200 FEET. IT IS SAID TO CARRY HIGH VALUES IN GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E. ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV. BURRAU OF MINES BULL. 54.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H., (1910) RECONNASSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA CO. NEV., USGS BULL. 408.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
