The Morning Glory is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 3,960 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: 3,960 Feet (1,207 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.46778, -120.83833
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Morning Glory MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Glory
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PYRITIZED SCHIST IN PRODUCTIVE PART OF VEIN. HIGH GRADE ORE MOSTLY IN SML BUNCHES.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION BETWEEN $90-100 THOUSAND. FERGUSON ESTIMATES $27-32/FT.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): DRIFT ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT 380 FT ON VEIN DIP, TOTALING 2500 FT.
Comment (Geology): IRREGULAR, 1-7 FT THICK QZ VEIN, WHERE CONTINUOUS, 1-3 FT, WITHIN MASSIVE AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, PROBABLY CONTINUOUS W BRANCH OF ECLIPSE VEIN. STRIKE IN PRODUCTIVE UPPER LEVELS N 20-60 W, DIP 30-60 NE. MAY FOLLOW SAME NORMAL FAULT AS OPHIR VEIN. SEVERAL SMALL THRUST FAULTS, NONE DISPLACING VEIN MORE THAN 10 FT. LOWEST LEVEL IS SHARP CHANGE IN STRIKE SEEMS DUE TO PREMINERAL FAULTING OF NW FISSURE BY N FISSURE. 2 KINDS OF POST MINERAL FAULTS. 1) SUBPARALLEL TO BUT CROSSING VEIN, 2) STEEPLY, USUALLY W DIPPING, NORTHERLY STRIKING FISSURES. MOSTLY ONLY A FEW FEET, BUT ONE, WHICH MAY BE SAME AS SIXTEEN TO ONE, MAY DISPLACE VEIN AS MUCH AS 250 FT. LITTLE MARIPOSITE. BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED QTZ OBSERVED ALONG HANGING WALL ASSOCIATED W HIGH GRADE ORE, & SMALL FAULTS, W/1 QTZ BUT NOT ARSENOPYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172, P 111, 112.
Reference (Production): MCCULLOCH ETAL, 1964
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 60.
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF: SO PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL 2, P 46.
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