# Aurora

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602235
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Mineral, NV
- **Operator:** Klondex Aurora Mine Inc
- **Controller:** Hecla Mining Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,472
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hecla Mining Company (M00089) → Klondex Aurora Mine Inc (0147314) → Aurora (2602235)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Real Del Monte Mining Corp → Nevada Goldfields Inc:** 1993-05-01 through 2000-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metallic Ventures Gold Inc → Metallic Ventures (U.S.), Inc.:** 2000-03-17 through 2009-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Great Basin Gold Limited → Antler Peak Gold Inc:** 2009-01-15 through 2013-05-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Waterton Global Resource Management Cayman Corp → Carlin Resources, LLC:** 2013-05-20 through 2016-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Klondex Mines Ltd → Klondex Aurora Mine Inc:** 2016-10-04 through 2018-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hecla Mining Company → Klondex Aurora Mine Inc:** 2018-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 133 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 137 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $33,617 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 41 samples:** Occupational health samples 39 personal; 2 area. 9 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 41 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11003
- **30 CFR 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 56.20002 — Potable water.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2002-11-30 through 2023-07-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-07-19 through 2023-07-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 2 rows; 2010-11-17 through 2010-11-17; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 134 rows; 2002-10-30 through 2019-07-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2005-03-21 through 2011-06-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2004-05-17 through 2012-08-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2004-05-03 through 2009-09-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,519 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 359 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1993-05-01 through 2016-10-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 41 rows; 2002-10-30 through 2020-07-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 39 rows; 2003-01-08 through 2018-07-11; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 137 rows; 2002-10-30 through 2019-07-14; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/aurora-2602235`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/aurora-2602235`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602235/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602235/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602235/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`