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North Morning Star Mine

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048191
MRDS ID M800259
Record type Site
Current site name North Morning Star Mine
Related records 10258898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57324, 33.95395 (WGS84)
Relative position 600 FT N10E OF MORNING STAR PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 003W 16 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57324, 33.95395
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Planar Structure Of Schist Trends Wnw And Dips Nne At Moderate To Steep Angles

Ore body information

  • General form DIKELIKE
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, ABGMT BULL 162, 1952, P. 80-83.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE IS WELL ZONED, 5 ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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