Abandoned and Inactive Mines
The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.
| AIM Id | Name | Alternate Name | District | County |
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| JF002055 | AURORA MINE | JEFFERSON |
| MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
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| 300430290 | 46.5369 | -111.8822 |
| Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
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| 09N | 02W | 17 | 5153868 | 432349 | 12 |
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Agency: NF Region District: R1 Ranger District: Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 10030101 Forest or Resource Area: Owner: Impact: Report: Aurora Two dry caved adits with less than 2,000 feet of total workings remain at the site. Ruppel (1963) gives a fairly complete description. The mine examines a vein 2- to 10-feet thick with a N80W 60-85NE attitude in Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics andesite. The vein dies to the east in quartz monzonite, and is cut off by a north-striking fault on the west. Quartz vein on the dump has a very high sulfide content of pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. A select sample (JJAU-1) of this material contained .274 oz/ton Au, 5.06 oz/ton Ag, .35% Cu, 6.80% Pb, and 6.67% Zn. Total production was probably less than 3,000 tons (Ruppel, 1963; Roby and others, 1960). Deerlodge National Forest is the landowner. |
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Sample Id: JJAU-1 Material Type: VE Sample Method: SELECT Comments: |
End of report. Retrieved 7/22/2024 12:50:48 PM.
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