The Aurora is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Aurora MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Homer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Text: None reported.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Three short tunnels were driven and a wagon road and telephone line were installed in the early 1900's (Martin and others, 1915).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = None reported.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Three tunnels have been driven in fractured graywacke of the Cretaceous Valdez Group, near the contact with a 20-foot-wide porphyritic dike. Martin and others (1915) did not find any indication of mineralization within the adits, but they did find some disseminated pyrite in the dump.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Insufficient data to classify
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1979 (OFR 80-84)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1906, Gold fields of the Turnagain Arm region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 277, p. 7-52.
Reference (Deposit): Martin G.C., Johnson, B.L., and Grant, U.S., 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 587, 243 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-87, 47 p.
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