Morning Star Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036780
MRDS ID M025690
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Prospect
Related records 10204306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.39899, 47.94954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI EAST OF MINERAL CITY SITE, Estimated Near North Border Of Quarter Section At Given Elevation

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 011E 04 NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $40-60/TON AU+AG+PB+CU

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Hubbart And John Maxwell
    First year 1892

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES. MAIN ZONE CARRIED 6 FT OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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