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Morning Star Mine

Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064434
MRDS ID TC38802
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackknife
Related records 10236895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49663, 34.04199 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH OF VIDAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 01S 024E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE MOUNTANEER MINING GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49663, 34.04199
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N55E
    Dip 50NW
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

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Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bendigo

Comments on the production information

  • 400 TONS WITH 14% CU AND 21 G AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT SUNK 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 139

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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