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Morning Star Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. Materials information
  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 10046260
MRDS ID M241136
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine
Related records 10280162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05316, 31.69346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position APPROX. 1 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 13,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL BORDER SEC. 13-14. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lower Bisbee Group
    Rock description Lower Bisbee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05316, 31.69346
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin, South Edge, N Of Prompter Fault. Tilted Nne After Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED LEAD AND COPPER MINERALIZATION ALONG FRACTURE ZONE IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Humphry, W. C.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1930'S AND EARLY 1940'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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