Aurora Uranium Prospect

The Aurora Uranium Prospect is a uranium mine located in Malheur county, Oregon.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Aurora Uranium Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Malheur
District: Opalite

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Placer Amex, Locke Jacobs, Cordex, Inc

Owner Name: Energy Ventures Ltd.
Info Year: 2011

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1977
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults Paralleling The Caldera Rim

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mineralized Rocks Are Intensely Altered, Mainly To Clay Minerals

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINERALIZED ZONE HAS BEEN OUTLINED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED DRILL HOLES

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THICK. IT OUTCROPS LOCALLY BUT GENERALLY IS COVERED BY LAKE BEDS RANGING FROM 0 TO 600 FT THICK. THE LONG AXIS TRENDS NW

Comment (Reference): NI 43-101 filed Sept by Quincy Energy Co.

Comment (Location): LAT/LONG ADDED 9/13/91 BY DAVE FRANK, SPOKANE MIO

Comment (Geology): LAVA FLOWS OF INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION (ICELANDITE).

References

Reference (Deposit): Energy Ventures Ltd., 2011, http://www.energyventures.com.au/projects/projectsoregon.html
URL: http://www.energyventures.com.au/

Reference (Deposit): FERNS, MARK L. ,PERSONAL KNOWNLEDGE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ROPER AND WALLACE, 1980

Reference (Deposit): Australia's Paydirt, March 2011, p. 90-91.
Pages: p. 90-91.

Reference (Deposit): Myers, Gregory, and Underhill, Douglas, 2005, Technical Report of the Aurora Uranium Project, Malheur county, Oregon: NI 43-101 report prepared for Quincy Energy Company (available for download at www.sedar.com [Quincy Energy Corp., Technical Report(s), Sept 19, 2005]).

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