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Plant

Aurora Partnership Mine

Mineral County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAdularia, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1983
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10198459
MRDS IDW016423
Alternate namesPossibily Humboldt Shaft, Seq#0320210123, Astor, Humboldt Property, Aurora, Alice C. Dennis, Aurora Electra, Silver Lining Consolidated, Aurora Mas Seq 0320210310, Aurora Partnership
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.28882, -118.87766
References
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