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Morning Star Mine

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019128
MRDS ID DC08722
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61891, 45.5513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3.5 MILES SE OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Trap Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001E 28,29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON AND SOUTH OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF MADISON RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61891, 45.5513
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tobacco Root Batholith On The West

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Hot Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. Farnsworth
    Home office Bozeman, Mt.
    First year 1968

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPING (1968)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 72, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 82, 1971, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES & GEOL. BULL 67, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67

  • Deposit

    1971 MBMG BULL 82

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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