Deposit ID | 10308720 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Aurora |
Geographic coordinates: | -151.09555, 59.68048 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Aurora Prospects are about two miles south-southeast of the tip of Aurora Spit in the SE1/4 of section 2, T. 6 S., R. 11 W., of the Seward Meridian and about 12 miles northeast of Homer, Alaska. Three tunnels have been drifted along the canyon which drains Portlock Glacier. This is location 97 of Martin and others (1915); it is accurate to one quarter of a mile. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
(1) | -151.09555, 59.68048 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Homer |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SV003 |
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.
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.
Moffit, F.H., 1906, Gold fields of the Turnagain Arm region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 277, p. 7-52.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Insufficient data to classify |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-FEB-1999 | Jeff A. Huber | U.S. Geological Survey |