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Morning Star

Past Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041207
MRDS ID M056167
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5192, 48.96707 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1.8 MI S OF DANVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curlew(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
40N 34E 16 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .66 OZ AU, 1 OZ AG, 2% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5192, 48.96707
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1903-1943

Mining district

District name Danville

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II METALLIC MINERALS, WASH . DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL. 37.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R. L., AND CALKINS, J. A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASH., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1169, 95 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/02/2004
MSHA mine ID4503532
Mine name (MSHA)Morning Star Mine
Current operatorBrooklyn Mining & Exploration Co LLC
Current controller (parent)Anne M Novakovich
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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