Aurora Mine

The Aurora Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Aurora Mine
Secondary: Martinez Deposit
Secondary: Silver Hill
Secondary: West Humboldt Deposit
Secondary: Aruora Partnership Mine
Secondary: Humboldt Shaft
Secondary: Juniata Mine
Secondary: Middle/Summit Hill
Secondary: Last Chance Hill
Secondary: Humboldt Hill

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Aurora Division, Aranka Goldfields

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gwalia Consolidated Ltd. (Ownes Cngc)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Australia
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Owner Name: Consolidated Nevada Golfields Crop. (Cngc)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Ore Milled @ 3.43 G/Mt (Fy 0695-06/96) 125447 Mt Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Silver Production (Fy 06/95-06/96) 30352 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production (Fy 06/95-06/96) 13359 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Milled @ 4.11 G/Mt 119573 Mt Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 14949 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Ore Milled @ 3.43 G/Mt 112037 Mt Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 11030 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Ore Milled @ 3.43 G/Mt 85094 Mt Ore
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 8536 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Ore Milled @ 5.14 G/Mt 79560 Mt Ore
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 12284 Tr Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods - Other Combined Methods
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1986
Discovery Year: 1860
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES OF INTEREST AT AURORA ARE THE MARTINEZ (DISCOVERED IN 1995) AND THE WEST HUMBOLDT (THIS WAS THE AURORA PARTNERSHIP MINE ORE BODY- OWNED/OP BY ELECTRO GOLD, LTD TIL 1997.) PROPERTY IS 21 MILES SW OF HAWTHORNE, NV. COMPANY CONTROLS: LAST CHANGE HILL, MIDDLE HILL, JUNIATA MINE, PRSOPECTUS VEIN AREA, AS WELL AS THE SMALLER, NEW ESMERALDA, ANN & OTHER VEINS 2.5 MILES NE OF THE JUNIATA MINE. OTHER AREA NOT UNDER COMPANY CONTROL ARE: SILVER HILL, SUMMIT HILL, & HUMBOLDT HILL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES RECORD 4 THE SILVER GRADE RAITO RANGES FOR 3 TO 1 TO 6 TO 1: SILVER TO GOLD:

Comment (Ownership): CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORPORATION, SOME TIME IN 1996 PURCHASED THE NEAR-BY AURORA PARTNERSHIP MINE FROM ELECTRA GOLD LTD.

Comment (Names): THE WEST HUMBOLDT OREBODY (DEPOSIT) WAS THE ARUORA PARTNERSHIP MINE.

Comment (Production): ALL PRODUCTION IS BASED ON FISCAL YEAR DATA JUNE TO JUNE:

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 12/31/96 THIS PROPERTY FILE WILL CONTAIN DATA ON THE AURORA MINE AND AURORA PARTNERSHIP MINE. ALL RESERVE AND RESOURCES DATA WAS COMBINED BY CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP. UNDER THE "AURORA" NAME: (THE AURORA PARTNERSHIP MINE MAS SEQ# IS 0320210544): RESERVES PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE 12/31/96: ADIT PRODUCTION BASED ON LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS 1992-1996:

References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, 1995/96, PP. 26, 27.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 228, 229.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINE DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): ELECTRA GOLD LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P1.

Reference (Deposit): P11.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #37, SEPT. 11, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): NOTICE & MANAGEMENT IC AND PROXY STATEMENT, 08/02/96, PP33.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #23, 06/07/95, P15.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #9, 03/01/95, P15.

Reference (Deposit): P20.

Reference (Deposit): GWALIA CONSOLIDATED LTD, ANNRPT, 1994, REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, VOL 321, #8253, 12/3/93, P 393.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 09/29/93, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 03/24/93, P4.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP., FORM 20-F/A, P12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #37, SEPT. 11, 1996, P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP., 06/95 FORM 20-F, P11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT.

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.