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Morning Star Prospect

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Lithium, Quartz, Beryllium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048192
MRDS ID M800260
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Prospect
Related records 10186488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5738, 33.95256 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MI WSW OF RILEY PLACE.

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

Comments on the location information

  • IN WESTERN HALF OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PERTHITE FROM INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS 7 FT CRYSTALS. MUSCOVITE IS GREEN AND OCCURS IN FLAKES AND BOOKS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Near Contact With Pegmatite, Schist Impregnatated By Feldspar And Muscovite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
    Rock unit name Amphibolite, Epidosite (Interlayered With Host Rocks)
    Rock description Amphibolite, Epidosite (Interlayered With Host Rocks)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5738, 33.95256
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Layering Strike Wnw To W & Dip 45-55n.

Ore body information

  • General form DIKELIKE

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF K-SPAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, ABGMT BULL 162, 1952, P. 78-80.

  • 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 5 PEGMATITE ZONES WITH MAXIMUM POSSIBLE WIDTH OF 52.5 FEET. PEGMATITE CONTAINS LARGE QUARTZ MASSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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