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Morning Star Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046196
MRDS ID M241039
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine Group
Related records 10258665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.19508, 31.98013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position APPROX 4 MI NE OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 031E 05 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SEC 5, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER AND LEAD CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometasomatic Deposits

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.19508, 31.98013
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Porphyry Contact Trends Nw-Se And Dips 18sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Porphyry Contact In Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paradise Mng Co, Bisbee And Sonora Delelopment Co, Paradise Mng And Mllng Co

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF SOME 85 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1916, 1942, AND 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 53.

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, 1912-1913, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 121

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED FOR LENGTH OF 600 FT, WIDTH OF 100 FT, AND REPORTED BY BISBEE SONORA DEV CO. TO HAVE DEPTH OF 280 FT, 1912-1913

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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