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Morning Glory Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104153
MRDS ID M899924
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory Mine
Related records 10161776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72761, 31.42931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.0 MILES SW OF HARSHAW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 17 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/4 MILES WEST OF MOWRY MINE, ON SW SIDE OF PATAGONIA-WASHINGTON ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS VERY FINELY DISSEMINATED IN FOOTWALL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation To Depth Of About 40 Ft; Ore Bed Appears To Be A Mineralized Sheet Or Sill Of Intrusive Rhyolite Which Has Been Almost Completely Replaced

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUES AVERAGED 3% CU, 4 OZ/T AG, 8% ZN, MINOR AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Formation
    Rock description Bisbee Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72761, 31.42931
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rhyolite Forms Dikes And Intrusive Sheets In Limestone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Beds Dip 40 Wnw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 40 WNW
    Width 3.05M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 40 WNW
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 40 WNW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wnw-Dipping Veinlike Ore Bed In Limestone; Large E-W Fault Cuts Veins And Carries Bunches Of Zinc Blende

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE HOST ROCK IS IN PART SILICATED, CHERTY, OR FLINTY, WITH SOME INTERBEDDED STRATA OF QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer David Neal
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Banta
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 45-DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT TO DEPTHS OF 200 FT; 3 SHAFT LEVELS AT 50, 100, AND 150 FT BELOW SURFACE; 700 FT. TUNNEL; ADDITIONAL 1400 FT OF TUNNEL AND OVER 3000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED A.S. HENDERSON, R. FARRELL C.B. WILSON (1907-1921), MORNING GLORY MINING CO. (1921-1927), MORNING GLORY MINING AND SMELTING CO., PIONEER SMELTING CO, AJO CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO., SOUTHERN ARIZONA MINING AND SMELTING CO., GOLD HILL MINING AND MILLING CO. (1941); PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 OR MORE CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, MORNING GLORY MINE.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 306-307.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 300-301.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, MORNING GLORY MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MORNING GLORY MINE-PATAGONIA.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANKS., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

  • Deposit

    KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 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 VEIN PARALLELS DIP OF ENCLOSING LIMESTONE BEDS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
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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