Morning Star

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10103380
MRDS ID M023641
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Related records 10189170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49084, 35.36168 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 3.5 MI. S. KOKOWEEF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joshua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015N 014E 21,27,28,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 N 1/2 28. SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VALUES VARY FROM $2-$15/TON IN GOLD, AVG. BEING $4-$6/TON. 25% IS IN FINE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49084, 35.36168

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N,E
    Dip 34W
    Thickness 53.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BETTER GRADE OF ORE IS FOUND IN NORTH-TRENDING FRACTURES. HOSTED IN COARSE-GRAINED GRANITIC ROCK AND FINER-GRAINED, DARKER GRANITIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mescal

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH-TRENDING 600-FT. ADIT, JOINED TO WINZES, CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS TOTALING 1700 FT. DIAMOND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 49

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 456

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF.: CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 71

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 CLAIMS. EXPLORED MAINLY IN LATE 1920'S AND IN 1930'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINLETS ALONG FRACTURED CONTACT ZONE. AURIFEROUS PYRITE MINERALIZED UP TO THICKNESS OF 175 FT. VEIN IS IN FINER-GRAINED (RHYOLITE?) INTRUSIVE DIKE, WHICH IS UP TO 350 FT. THICK. MINERALIZATION PRINCIPALLY OCCURS ALONG SETS OF E-W AND N-S TRENDING FRACTURES IN THE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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