Morning Star

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256933
MAS/MILS ID 0040251449
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Alternate or previous names Az Copper-Gold Mines Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.04384, 34.59335 (WGS84)
Elevation 1575
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014 N 003 E 16 W2NWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.04384, 34.59335

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arizona Copper-Gold Co
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CHERRY QUAD

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTS QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS 782 1926 P 107

  • Deposit

    ADMR MORNING STAR MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.