The Astor is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,513 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,513 Feet (2,290 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.2889, -118.87670
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Astor MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Astor
Secondary: Humboldt Property
Secondary: Aurora Partnership Mine
Secondary: Aurora Mas Seq 0320210310
Secondary: Aurora
Secondary: Alice C. Dennis
Secondary: Aurora Electra
Secondary: Aurora Partnership
Secondary: Silver Lining Consolidated
Secondary: Possibily Humboldt Shaft
Secondary: Seq#0320210123
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Aurora Division, Aranka Goldfields
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: From Houston International Minerals.
Owner Name: Portions Of Property Leased From Hanna Mining Co. And
Owner Name: Centennial Exploration Corp.
Info Year: 1983
Years: 1983 - 1994
Owner Name: Centennial Minerals, Ltd., Vancouver, Bc, (Lessee)
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1983
Years: 1983 - 1994
Owner Name: Electra North West Resources, Ltd.
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1983
Years: 1983 - 1994
Owner Name: The Aurora Partnership
Company ID: 2670111
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 - 1994
Owner Name: Electra Mining (Us) Consolidated Ltd.
Company ID: 2602025
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 - 1996
Owner Name: Consolidated Nevada Goldfields Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1996 -
Production
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production Not Reported 0 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 29971 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1993
Description: Silver Production (Most Recent Fy) 59880 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production (Most Recent Fy) 30285 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Silver Production (Fy) 79200 Oz
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production (Fy) 39132 Oz
Year: 1992
Description: Design Cap; Hl (Avg 1400mt/Day); 92-93: 417305 Mt/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Silver Production (Fy) 50747 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Production (Fy) 33401 Oz
Year: 1991
Time Period: 1988-1991
Description: Average Mining Rate; 1988-1991 2271000 Mt/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Silver Production (Fy) 37754 Oz
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production (Fy) 28126 Oz
Year: 1989
Description: Silver Production (Fy) 21714 Oz
Year: 1989
Description: Gold Production (Fy) 18037 Oz
Year: 1988
Description: Silver Production (Fy) 3591 Oz
Year: 1988
Description: Gold Production (Fiscal Year - Fy) 3743 Oz
Year: 1988
Description: Design Cap; Hl (Avg 1100mt/Day); 88-91: 362874 Mt/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production Not Reported 0 T Oz/Yr Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1860
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
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Adularia
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BACK UP MATERIAL FOR RESOURCES RECORDS 001-004 COULD NOT BE FOUND. RESOURCES RECORD 5 SEE BIBLI "R" REC 009-012.
Comment (Ownership): ADDRESS SISKON GOLD CORP. 350 CROWN POINT CIRCLE, #1000, GRASS VALLEY, CALIF. 95945, USA. AS OF 12/31/96 MINE WILL BE CONSIDERED A PAST PRODUCER; ALL RESERVE AND RESOURCE DATA WILL BE INCLUDED UNDER THE AURORA MINE MAS SEQ# 0320210310: GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 35 KM NORTH OF HAWTHORNE. MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT. MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE, AND IS ACTIVE-STANDBY. MILLING METHOD IS TEST CYANIDE HEAP LEACH, ADSORPTION- DESORPTION COLUMNS, ELECTROLYSIS, SMELTING. PROCESS RATE-- 90 MT JAW AND CONE CRUSHER, ESTIMATE ABOUT 1,600 MT/D AND 196,000 MT/A. PRODUCT TYPE IS GOLD DORE. PAST PRODUCTION- THE FIRST DORE WAS PLANNED TO BE POURED IN JULY, 1983. PLANNED PRODUCTION FOR 1983 WAS 77,000 MT CONTAINING ABOUT 300 KG GOLD. ANTICIPATED RECOVERY WAS 70%. TOTAL WASTE PRODUCTION PLANNED WAS 200,000 MT. (NEVADA DIRECTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE #309).
Comment (Ownership): TETRAHEDRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS. PROPERTY WAS SOLD BY ELECTRA GOLD LTD. IN 1996 TO CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1989 RESERVE 275,000 MT AT 7.89 G AU/MT. DATA NOT IN Q-TADLE. NO BACK UP FOR DATA IN Q-MATRIX ONE COLUMN ONE.
Comment (Workings): ORE HAS A VERY HIGH CLAY CONTENT.
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. PIT ZONE AVERAGE DIMENSIONS(1983); LENGTH-490, WIDTH- 60 TO 120, DEPTH- 12 TO 35 METERS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 12,500 OZ AU FROM TREATING AN ESTIMATED 91,000 MT ORE IN 1989. HEAP LEACH OPERATION.
Comment (Geology): ROCK DATA- 1102 IS A QUARTZ VEIN. (UNSPECIFIED INTRUSIVE)
Comment (Geology): TETRAHEDRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF THE BODIE HILLS REGION, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.
Reference (Deposit): JUNE 1983, P. 6A.
Reference (Deposit): AEROMAGNETIC AND LIMITED GRAVITY STUDIES AND GENERALIZED
Reference (Deposit): WEST AIMS FOR PRODUCTION AT AURORA MINE IN JULY. NO. 45,
Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). ELECTRA NORTH
Reference (Deposit): AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST. V. 94, NO. 2, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD (DENVER). MERGER OF ELECTRA RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P27.
Reference (Deposit): ELECTRA GOLD LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P1.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 229, 251.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1990/1991.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINE DIRECTORY,1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): INSPECTION, 1991, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990. NV. DIV. MINE
Reference (Deposit): 98 PP.
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 58, 1961,
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1384, 1975, 38 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. SPATIAL
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 229, 251.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P93.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 305, 306.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): W. CHESTERMAN, R. H. CHAPMAN, AND C. H. GRAY, JR.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F. J., W. E. DAVIS, M. L. CHESTERMAN, C.
Reference (Deposit): THESIS, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1964, 41 PP.
Reference (Deposit): THE AURORA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S.
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, W. R. STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION AT
Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.
Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),
Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING
Reference (Deposit): PP. C1-C10.
Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 700-C, 1970,
Reference (Deposit): RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995/96, NEVADE MINES DIRECTORY, P27.
Reference (Ownership): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 66.
Reference (Ownership): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
