The Aurora is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 69 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: 69 Feet (21 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.6347, -136.02080
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Aurora MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora
Secondary: Washington
Secondary: Anderson-Pearse Group
Secondary: Anderson
Secondary: Sisters
Secondary: Imperial
Secondary: Oregon
Secondary: California
Secondary: Maria
Secondary: Alice
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Branson, Bill Hollowell And Wesley Brown
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1930. NEW OWNERSHIP OR RESTAKED IN 1953 LAST ASSESSMENT 1957. RESTAKED 1969 AS 8 CLAIMS ACROSS LAKE. NO ASSESSMENT PERFORMED. ORIGINAL CLAIMS RESTAKED 1976. WORKINGS: 36 FT ADIT & 40 FT OPEN CUT. VALUES: < $1/TON AU. DEPOSIT ON FAULT LINKING HIRST & CHICHAGOFF FAULTS. COMPOSED OF MINERALIZED QTZ VEINS ASSOC. WITH FAULTS IN TRIASSIC SCHIST UNIT OF NORTHWESTERN CHICHAGOFF ISLAND.
Comment (Reference): NELSON, 1931, 2P.(AJ REPORT-SEE BACK-UP FILE)
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-002
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-148
Reference (Deposit): B929 p. 124
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 138-139
Reference (Deposit): MF467
Reference (Deposit): P792 plates 1, 4
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