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Morning Star Tungsten Claims

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011574
MRDS ID D006593
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Tungsten Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40376, 45.15768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.25 MI N70E OF ELK SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE E SIDE OF ELK MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40376, 45.15768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24.38M
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Ben Shipp

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. W. Prather
    Home office Warren, Id.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. H. M. Shipp, Big Creek, Id, C. E. Winstead, Warren, Id.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT ADIT WAS DRIVEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS STRIKE N15 TO N30W WITHIN TWO LARGER VEIN SYSTEMS WHICH STRIKE N OR SLIGHTLY E OF N.
Deposit THE CLAIMS WERE MAPPED IN 1942 BY C.E. WILSON OF THE U OF IDAHO AND RALPH GOTTLAND. THIS WORK WAS DONE FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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