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Morning Glory

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110686
MRDS ID W023770
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory
Related records 10163950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07228, 36.31053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF OLD DEPENDABLE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildrose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 045E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07228, 36.31053
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wild Rose

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE MADE IN 1935 , 1939 AND 1951 AVERAGE SMELTER RECOVERY WAS ABOUT 2.39 % PB, 4.2 % CU, 29.6 OZ AG, AND .05 OZ AU PER TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 493

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 493 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, 6 INCH - 4 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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