The Highlands Aurora is a zinc, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,265 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: 4,265 Feet (1,300 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.5736, -115.95970
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Highlands Aurora MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highlands Aurora
Secondary: Highlands Aurora Property
Secondary: Aurora Group
Secondary: Highlands Aurora Properties
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
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): SAME PROPERTY AS MAS SEQ# 0160790533 WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LAT/LONG. PROPERTIES WERE COMBINED 04/95. OTHER HIGHLANDS AURORA PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SPOKANE QUADRANGLE, KELLOGG MAP, 15 MIN SERIES. ALL OTHER DATA ON THE TWO PROPERTIES WAS THE SAME. LAT/LONG OF SEQ#0160790533 WAS N473423/W1160024. LAT/LONG OF THIS PROPERTY IS N473423/W1155832. MAY OR MAY NOT BE RESP_ID #1000499: MSHA.DBF, 1995.
References
Reference (Deposit): IBMG, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE WALLACE QUAD., IDAHO, 1981,
Reference (Deposit): HUSTEDDE, ET AL.
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, 1956, USGS B-1027-P.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. MITCHELL, ET AL.; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE QUAD, LOC.#86.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLES, 6/22/67 & 12/22/75.
Reference (Deposit): MSHA.DBF, 1995.
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