The Morning Star Claims is a mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,551 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: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.8997, -116.56780
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Morning Star Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Mica
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Avon Mica 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: Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rauch Lumber Co., Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Palouse Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Strikes Ne, Dips 50-70 Deg W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Albitization, Silicification, Muscovitization
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PEGMATITE COMPOSITION: 10 - 80 % FLD, 20 - 80 % QTZ, 1 - 7 % MUSCOVITE, 2 - 5 % TOURMALINE, LESS THAN 1 % GARNET, ABOUT 0.002 % BEO
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): PEGMATITE BRANCHES TREND N 40 DEG E AND N 15 DEG W. SECOND PEGMATITE STRIKES N 20 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW. THIRD PEGMATITE STRIKES N 35 DEG E, DIPS 75 DEG NW.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MI N OF MUSCOVITE MINE NEAR TOP OF STEEP E SLOPE OF RIDGE THAT EXTENDS FROM MICA MTN S
References
Reference (Deposit): STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1925, MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14, 14 P.
Reference (Deposit): STERRETT, D. B., 1913, MICA IN IDAHO, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 377-383.
Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25, 51-53.
Reference (Deposit): 1910 RECON D. B. STERRETT, BULL. 530
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14
Reference (Deposit): 1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 7148
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