The Morning Sun Lode is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,476 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: 5,476 Feet (1,669 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 44.8528, -114.51470
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Morning Sun Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Sun Lode
Secondary: Seaforth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gravel Range District
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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Seaforth Mining Co.
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1973
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1947
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLES FROM 2 LENSES AVE 60 % AND 40 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 6 Short Veins; Smaller Veins Trend Ne, Dip SE And Are About 30 Ft. Long.
Comment (Workings): Bulldozer Trenches, A 10 Ft. Adit
Comment (Location): S. Side Duck Creek
Comment (Production): 200 - 250 Tons/Day Production. Principal Mining Area Is Fluorspar Ridge NE Of Camas Creek
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fracture Zone
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Silicification
References
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Oct. 12 , 1970 ; Aug. 24 , 1970
Reference (Production): Mining Record, Oct. 6 , 1971; Spokane Chronicle, Oct. 12 , 1970
Reference (Deposit): Cox, D. C., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1015-A, 21 P.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 98, 34 P.
Reference (Deposit): Mining Record, Oct. 6 , 1971
Reference (Deposit): Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 62, 20 P.
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