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Morning Star Deposit

Plant in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236895
MRDS ID TC38802
MAS/MILS ID 0060650339
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Deposit
Related records 10064434

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.5091, 34.03585 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vidal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 S 023 E 01 NENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.5091, 34.03585
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1987
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heavy Metals Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 5924793mt ore
    Total resources 5924793mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.61 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 668.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1996 Longwill 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 California resources

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