Aurora District-Nevada

Aurora District-Nevada is a producer of silver, gold in Mineral County, Nevada, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1860. It is one of 318 historic gold producers USGS lists in Mineral County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Silver, Gold
Deposit type
Epithermal vein, Comstock
Production years
from 1860
Discovered
1860
County
Mineral County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
60001663

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

51 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Mineral County page lists the biggest.