The Morning Star Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Morning Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Mine
Secondary: Crescent Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Gunsight District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harm, F. H.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1966
Year Last Production: 1966
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): ASSUME CENTER OF SECTION 16 MANY PROSPECTS AND ADITS, MILS.
Comment (Commodity): GUNSIGHT MINE NEARBY CONTAINS COPPER OXIDES.
Comment (Development): 75 TONS
Comment (Geology): NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF GUNSIGHT MINE USED, LOCATED IN SAME 1/4 SECTION, M002260
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 122.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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