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Morning Star

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033418
MRDS ID M015760
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Alternate or previous names Extension
Related records 10200654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25188, 44.81985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 036E 36 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0L62 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.72 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25188, 44.81985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN WITH MASSIVE SULFIDES CUTS QUARTZ DIORITE AND STRONGLY HORNFELSED ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS (1904) REPORT A 75 FOOT SHAFT AND 150 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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

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