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Morning

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033117
MRDS ID M015060
Record type Site
Current site name Morning
Alternate or previous names Morning Glory
Related records 10249809

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55799, 44.69541 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 034E 13 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENHORN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD - SILVER RATIO ABOUT 1:3
Result SULFIDES COMPRISE ABOUT 5 % OF ORE. VALUES WERE SPOTTY, RANGING FROM $15 TO $50 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 35 - 75 NW
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK INTRUDED BY QUARTZ. DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES. MANY NARROW, BRANCHING QUARTZ VEINS WHICH PRODUCED SMALL AMTS. OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner King Tut Mining, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1941-1942
    Material CONC.(AU)
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.22oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 34g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE. OUTPUT PROBABLY SMALL. MINE ACTIVE 1937 - 1942 AND FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER WORLD WAR II.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS WITH MORE THAN 1300 LINEAR FEET OF WORK. OUTPUT PROBABLY SMALL. MINE ACTIVE 1937 - 1942 AND FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER WORLD WAR II.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.115

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P.33

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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