The Morning is a gold, silver, arsenic, and copper mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper
Lat, Long: 44.69556, -118.55694
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Morning MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning
Secondary: Morning Glory
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: King Tut Mining, Inc.
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1941-1942
Material type: CONC.(AU)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.22oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDES COMPRISE ABOUT 5 % OF ORE. VALUES WERE SPOTTY, RANGING FROM $15 TO $50 PER TON.
Analytical Data: GOLD - SILVER RATIO ABOUT 1:3
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE. OUTPUT PROBABLY SMALL. MINE ACTIVE 1937 - 1942 AND FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER WORLD WAR II.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENHORN.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS WITH MORE THAN 1300 LINEAR FEET OF WORK. OUTPUT PROBABLY SMALL. MINE ACTIVE 1937 - 1942 AND FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER WORLD WAR II.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK INTRUDED BY QUARTZ. DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES. MANY NARROW, BRANCHING QUARTZ VEINS WHICH PRODUCED SMALL AMTS. OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.115
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P.33
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 82
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