The Aurora District-Nevada is a silver and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Aurora District-Nevada MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora District-Nevada
Secondary: Esmeralda
Secondary: Cambridge
Secondary: Old Humboldt Mine Area
Secondary: Humboldt West and Humboldt East Claims
Secondary: Humboldt Vein
Secondary: Prospectus Vein
Secondary: Juniata Mine
Secondary: Del Monte Mine
Secondary: Wide West Mine
Secondary: Johnson Mine
Secondary: Pond Mine
Secondary: Chihuahua Mine
Secondary: Garibaldi Mine
Secondary: Antelope Mine
Secondary: Utah Mine
Secondary: Silver Hill
Secondary: Middle Hill
Secondary: Last Chance Hill
Secondary: Aurora Mine
Secondary: Aurora Partnership Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: AURORA DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: EPITHERMAL VEINS, TYPICALLY WITH LITTLE OR NO KNOWN WALLROCK DISSEMINATION.
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1860
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: A YOUNG, LESS THAN 3 MA OLD, BROAD REGIONAL UPWARP EXTENDS FORM THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BODIE HILLS THROUGH THE BODIE DISTRICT TO THE AREA OF THE AURORA DISTRICT. THIS UPWARP MAY CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH OF THE BOREALIS MINE.
Type: L
Description: STEEP N-S STRIKING FAULTS OFFSET THE MINERALIZED NE-STRIKING FAULTS.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PROPYLITIC
Alteration Text: PROGRESSIVE WEAK PROPYLITIC, STRONG PROPYLITIC, QUARTZ-ILLITE ALTERATION SURROUNDING SILICIFICATION IN THE MINERALIZED FAULTS.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1990, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990: NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990, P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): OSBORNE, M.A., 1991, EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION AT AURORA, NEVADA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE GSN 1990 SYMPOSIUM, P. 1097-1110.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES, FILE 189, PRESS CLIPPINGS.
Reference (Deposit): UNCOLN, F.C. 1923, MINING DIST. OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. 137-8.
Reference (Deposit): STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC. 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND BERGANDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P.188.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6941, 79P.
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, W.R., 1962, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION AT THE AURORA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1929, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NEVADA: ECON GEOL, V. 24, NO. 2, P 115-48.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 594
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL S8
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.
