| Deposit ID | 10039616 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050503 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morning and Evening Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Morning and Evening Mine |
| Related records | 10113696 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.09235, 31.37875 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pena Blanca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 012E | 35 | SW OF SW OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Amethyst | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pajarito Lavas | ||||
| Rock description | Pajarito Lavas | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.09235, 31.37875 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Fault Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENSING |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1926 |
| Year of last production | 1930 |
| District name | Pajarito District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. B. Kimmel |
| First year | 1927 |
| Last year | 1930 |
| Year | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1800-1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 200 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 22 % Pb, And Minor Au And Cu. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050503 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230294 |
CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #20 - MORNING MINE.
ABM BULL 191, P. 72.
NELSON, F.S., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN POCKETS, LARGELY OXIDIZED. ORE IS FOUND ONLY WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS. |
| Deposit | PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGES OF MOSTLY SILVER, LEAD, WITH BYPRODUCT COPPER & GOLD, LATE 1920'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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