The Morning Star is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 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
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
