Morning Star

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114590
MAS/MILS ID 0060030029
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Alternate or previous names Curtz

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.70239, 38.68461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 021 E 29 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.70239, 38.68461

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES & GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 20; ALSO CHAPTER ON COPPER.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU REPORT 15, 1917, P. 1-27,

  • Deposit

    1920, P. 401-403; REPORT 18, 1922, P. 362; REPORT 27,

  • Deposit

    1931, P. 489.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOUNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL. 53, 1957,

  • Deposit

    NOS. 3 & 4, P. 414.

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND

  • Deposit

    TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: GOVERNMENT

  • Deposit

    PRINTING OFFICE, P. 170-172.

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1905, COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 23, P. 199; 1908,

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 50, P. 246.

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    EAKLE, A. S., 1919, ALPINE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU

  • Deposit

    REPORT 15, P. 14-23.

  • Deposit

    ERICK. J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 213.

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    LOGAN, C. A., 1921, ALPINE COUNTY: CALIFONRIA MINING BUREAU

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    REPORT 17, P. 403; 1923, REPORT 18, P. 362; 1931, REPORT

  • Deposit

    27, P. 489.

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    RAYMOND, R. W., 1872, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND

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    TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (FOR 1870):

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    GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1973A, STATISITICS OF MINES AND MINING IN

  • Deposit

    THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

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    (FOR 1871): U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, P. 95.

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    RAYMOND, R. W., 1973B, STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN

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    (FOR 1872): HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EXEC. DOC. NO. 210,

  • Deposit

    42ND, CONGRESS, 3RD SESSION, P. 15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-NOV-1994 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.