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Star-Morning Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089461
MRDS ID W026659
Record type Site
Current site name Star-Morning Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Mine, Star Mine, You Like Mine
Related records 10144553, 10144561, 10281318

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-115.81485, 47.49395 (WGS84) 1623 west side of Mill Creek
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-115.81367, 47.49357 (WGS84) 1572 west side of Mill Creek
-115.81197, 47.49364 (WGS84) 1515 west side of Mill Creek
-115.80525, 47.49252 (WGS84) 1271 west side of Mill Creek
-115.81345, 47.46774 (WGS84) 1015 north side of South Fork
-115.81505, 47.4671 (WGS84) 997 north side of South Fork
-115.81229, 47.46675 (WGS84) 988 north side of South Fork
-115.81015, 47.46502 (WGS84) 981 north side of South Fork
-115.82884, 47.49204 (WGS84) 1418 in upper Grouse Gulch
-115.81729, 47.52025 (WGS84) 1182 south side of Canyon Creek
-115.81684, 47.52064 (WGS84) 1176 south side of Canyon Creek
-115.8228, 47.52057 (WGS84) 1154 south side of Canyon Creek
-115.81304, 47.48967 (WGS84) 1474 west side of Mill Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 9,20,21,22,27,28,32,33,34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Specularite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Plattnerite Trace
Pyrargyrite Trace
Polybasite Trace
Pyromorphite Trace
Cerussite Trace
Silver Trace

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization; Chlorite; Biotite; Siderite
  • (Local) Zone of disseminated siderite extends 10s to 100s of meters out from the veins, passing into a siderite-ankerite zone up to 10s of meters wide, and then into a zone of ankerite-calcite 100s of meters wide.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation
    Rock description Burke Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Revett Formation
    Rock description Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline (WNW) - veins in south upright limb.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Star-Morning Fault, a feather joint off a shear plane complementary to the Osburn Fault.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Osburn Fault (WNW) to south.

Ore body information

  • Name Star-Morning Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 85 DEG N
    Length 1372M
    Width 2.4M
    Depth to top 0
    Depth to bottom 2530M
  • Name You Like Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike 85NE
    Dip 85NE
    Length 213
  • Name East Noonday Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Grouse Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Length 122
    Width 1.83
  • Name Wilkie Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Skip Pocket (East Morning) Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Midnight Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Noonday Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name South Noonday Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Motor Barn Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name North Silver Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the ore body information

  • Mineralization extends below bottom (8300 foot Star) level.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • NW to WNW trending, steeply north-dipping sphalerite-rich veins along the Star-Morning Fault contain the largest orebodies.
  • EW to ENE trending, steeply N-dipping, galena-rich veins along the Star Morning Fault.
  • Intersection of two vein systems plunges steeply east, giving orebodies a very steep east rake.
  • Bedding strikes N-S and dips steeply east or, locally, steeply overturned to the west. Veins are subparallel to an intense cleaveage in the quartzite. The intersection of veins and bedding plunges east.
  • The Morning-Star vein is zone laterally, with eastern (Morning) portion being galena-rich, and the western (Star) portion being sphalerite rich. Iron content of sphalerite increases toward the top of the vein.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer George S. Good and C.C.A. Clark
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1990
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation
Production years 1889-1891, 1893-1982, 1984-1985, 1989-1990

Mining district

District name Hunter

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Warren Hussey
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1886
    Last year 1891
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Morning Mining Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    First year 1891
    Last year 1894
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morning Mining & Concentrating Co.
    Interest 100
    First year 1894
  • Type Lessee
    Owner D.B. Huntley
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1894
    Last year 1894
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Peter Larson & Thomas Greenough
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1895
    Last year 1897
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Peter Larson & Thomas Greenough
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1897
    Last year 1905
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1905
    Last year 1953
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Sheridan Leasing Co.
    Interest 100
    First year 1923
    Last year 1929
  • Type Lessee
    Owner H&K Lease (Grouse Lease)
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1929
    Last year 1938
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Smelting & Refining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1953
    Last year 1966
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 30
    Home office Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
    First year 1961
    Last year 1966
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
    Interest 70
    Home office Kellogg, Idaho
    First year 1961
    Last year 1966
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
    First year 1966
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Star-Morning Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Wallace, Idaho
    First year 1984
    Last year 1985
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Star Phoenix Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Wallace, Idaho
    First year 1989
    Last year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner You Like Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1891
    Last year 1905
  • Type Lessee
    Owner You Like Mining Association (H&K Lease)
    Interest 100
    Home office Mullan, Idaho
    First year 1922
    Last year 1929
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Star Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Spokane, Washington
    First year 1900
    Last year 1924
  • Type Joint Venture
    Owner Sullivan Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Kellogg, Idaho
    First year 1916
    Last year 1924
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sullivan Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Kellogg, Idaho
    First year 1924
    Last year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 2005
    Period 1925-1990
    Material Star and Star-Morning Mine Production
    Ore mined 9586325mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major in ores and concen Lead Lead 830514mt 8wt-pct
  • Year 2005
    Period 1895-1958
    Material Morning Mine Cumulative Production
    Ore mined 13371423mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major in ore and concent Zinc Zinc 562433mt 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • Morning mine production compiled from annual reports and records of Federal Mining & Smelting Co., Asarco, and other sources.
  • Star and Star-Morning Mine production compiled from Bunker Hill Co. records, Hecla Mining Co. annual reports, and other sources.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Milling
    Name Star Unit Area
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 1016552mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead 6.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Silver 175 g/mt Silver Major 1981
    Zinc 6.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • The Star-Morning vein on Morning ground is depleted, but extends below the lowest level in the Star Mine. Substantial resources remain in subsidiary veins such as the Noonday.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Total Workings
    Length 80465
    Overall depth 2773.68
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 1 Adit
    Length 91
    Overall depth 61
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 2 Adit
    Length 343
    Overall depth 122
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 3 Adit
    Overall depth 183
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 4 Adit
    Overall depth 274
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 5 Adit
    Length 488
    Overall depth 427
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning No. 6 Adit
    Length 3048
    Overall depth 671
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning Internal Shaft
    Overall depth 991
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Morning Offset Internal Shaft
    Overall depth 411
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Lower Star Adit
    Length 702
    Overall depth 244
    Overall length 2288
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Star Crosscut Adit
    Length 2713
    Overall depth 1219
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Star Internal Shaft
    Overall depth 975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Star No. 4 Internal Shaft
    Overall depth 2134
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Grouse Adit
    Length 381

Comments on the workings information

  • Morning Adits Nos. 1 to 4 caved and inaccessible by 1912. The Morning No. 5 Adit level is the zero level of the Morning mine and equivalent to the 1700 level of the Star mine. Morning No. 6 Adit level is Morning 600 level and Star 2500 level. Morning workings connected with Star via Star 2900 and 4000 level crosscuts.

Comments on development

  • The modern Star-Morning mine is a unitization of the Morning and Star Mines effected in 1961. At the time of unitization, the Morning consisted of 44 patented and 14 unpatented claims, including the old Grouse, Midnight, and You Like Groups. The Star Group in 1971 consisted of 30 patented claims.
  • The Star claim was located in 1886 by Thomas Greenough and Clarence Cunningham on a western extension of the Morning vein.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-FEB-05 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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