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Morning Star

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283583
MRDS ID M050218
MAS/MILS ID 0040210724
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Alternate or previous names Morning Star Property, Fortuna, Gold Bug, General Hancock, Ewing Property, Happy Thot, Careless
Related records 10039524

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.73678, 32.55731 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 S 016 E 20 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.73678, 32.55731
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 34M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 910917

Comments on the geologic information

  • CERUSSITE IS ALSO PRESENT.
  • STRIKE IS N OF W; DIP IS 30-60 DEGREES SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Campo Bonito

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yacimientos Mineros De Aguas De Dionisio (YMAD)
    Home office Tucson, Az
    Year 1958
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nikas Mining Co. - Last Operator
    Year 1959
    First year 1952
    Last year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • SHORT TON UNIT = 20 LB OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.862 LB OF W.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 11200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.7 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRESENT RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 100 MT W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM

  • Reserve-Resource

    (MRDS, DATA BASE). ALL RECORDS PERTAINING TO ARIZONA;

  • Reserve-Resource

    AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESTON, VA.

  • Deposit

    USGS CAMPO BONITO QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR MORNING STAR MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA,MARICOPA,PINAL,AND GRAHAM

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES ARIZ USBM R1 5516 1959 P 52-61

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 39

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ ABM 148 1941 P 33

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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