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Morning Glory Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173474
MAS/MILS ID 0320230619
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.05152, 38.53213 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 21 NWSESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.05152, 38.53213
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 151,

  • Deposit

    ALSO PLATE 1 (H.K. FERGUSON).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES, ITEM 240,

  • Deposit

    NO. 10, PINE NUT NO 2./MORNING GLORY GEOLOGY CLAIM MAP.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT WHITE CAPS MINE WON LITIGATION ON APEX RIGHTS TO ORE BODY SURFACING ON MORINING GLORY PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF TWO PATENTED CLAIMS, PINENUT NO. 2 AND MORNING GLORY. IT WAS PATENTED BY THE MANHATTAN MORNING GLORY MINING COMPANY. THIS PROPERTY ADJOINS THE WHITE CAP NO. 1 PATENTED PROPERTIES, (AND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE LABELED WHITE CAPS MINE ON MANHATTAN ON 7.5 MIN MAP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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