The Aurora Alluvial Fan is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.3333, -118.91670
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Aurora Alluvial Fan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Alluvial Fan
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Minerex Resources Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Production
Year: 1992
Description: Adit Production Estimate 363000 Mt Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Alluvial Mining
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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 (Location): OPERATION LOCATED NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF BODIE CREEK, AND AN INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY STREAM, ABOUT 3 MI. NORTH OF AURORA.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE/RESOURCES DATA INCLUDED IN THE Q-MATRIX DATE TABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DENVER FEDERAL CENTER, BLD. 20
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES PROPERTY FILES, (WFOC), DENVER, COLO.
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.
