Morning Star

The Morning Star is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Morning Star  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.11083, -114.35722

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Morning Star MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Morning Star
Secondary: Nevada Metals
Secondary: Evening Star


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Kinsley


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Calc-Silicate Skarn


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVE ORE GRADE 10% PB, 4% CU, 19 OZ/T AG, 02 OZ/T AU


Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SILVER BEARING PB-CU DEPOSITS WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1862. EARLIEST PRODUCTIONWAS DURING 1886-87. IN 1963 THE AREA WAS CORE DRILLED BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND MINERAL SURVEY 1720.

Comment (Production): ORE GRADE AVE. 10% PB, 4% CU, 19 OZ/T AG AND 0.2% AU

Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONES ADJACENT TO IGNEOUS CONTACTS. LEAD-COPPER-SILVER-ORE OCCURS AS SMALL LENSES AND PODS ALONG THE THREE SETS OF FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): ORE SHOOTS MINED TO A DEPTH OF 275 FT.

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE OF CAMBRIAN AGE IS TILTED SOUTHWARD AND INTRUDED BY A STOCK AND BY DIKES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. ADJACENT TO THE STOCK THE LIMESTONES ARE MARBLEIZED AND SILICIFIED. ALL ROCK TYPES ARE CUT BY FAULTS WHICH DIP STEEPLY NORTH, EAST, OR WEST. PB-CU-AG ORES OCCURR AS SMALL LENSES AND PODS ALONG THE THREE SETS OF FAULTS. IN THE MORNING STAR MINE. THEY WERE AS MUCH AS 50 FEET LONG & WERE MINED TO ADEPTH OF 275 FT.

Comment (Development): EARLIEST PRODUCTION WAS 1886-1887. IN 1963, THE AREA WAS CORE-DRILLED BUT NO OREWAS FOUND. FEE, PATENTED CLAIM


References

Reference (Deposit): USB OF M (ELKO) MILS NO.7 REFERENCE NO.3203300082, MIN PROP FILE 21,800

Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976) P. 56

Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): HILL J.M.(1916) NOTES ON MINERAL DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV., USGS BULL 648.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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