The Morning Star Mine is a silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 45.55139, -111.61806
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Morning Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Lower Hot Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. Farnsworth
Home Office: Bozeman, Mt.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON AND SOUTH OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF MADISON RIVER.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPING (1968)
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 72, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 82, 1971, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES & GEOL. BULL 67, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67
Reference (Deposit): 1971 MBMG BULL 82
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
