The Morning Star Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,925 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.70861, -108.50556
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Morning Star Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Morning Star Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dave Osmer
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Dave Osmer And L.L. Osmer, Jr.
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, VEINLETS AND PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 28.
Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 1400 LBS. OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING ABOUT 71 % WO3 WAS PRODUCED IN THE 1950'S.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SEAMS OR VEINLETS ABOUT 2 TO 8 IN. WIDE AND PODS UP TO 10 IN. WIDE ALONG A FAULT STRIKING N 55 E. SCHEELITE ALSO OCCURS SPORADICALLY IN PEGMATITES AND AS PLACER MATERIAL. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DALE AND MCKINNEY ESTIMATED 1000 YARDS OF HIGH-GRADE PLACER MATERIAL TO BE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1957.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 22 FT. SHAFT, THREE OPENCUTS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 139-140, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 USGS MAP MR-25, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 7-8
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