The Morning Star is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,657 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: 2,657 Feet (810 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 56.0556, -130.26560
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Morning Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Blasher
Secondary: Morning
Secondary: Anderson
Secondary: Aplite Claim Group
Secondary: Abc Group
Secondary: Lake
Secondary: Lakeside
Secondary: Casey & Kilroy
Secondary: Blasher & Brandt
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elpaso Natural Gas
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1923
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RESERVE CALCULATION FOR BLASHER VEIN; DATA FROM B1403;MINING WIDTH = 3.0 FT. DEPOSITS CONSIST OF MINERALIZED FISSURE VEINS & SHEAR ZONES IN THE TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE NEAR CONTACT WITH HAZELTON (?) METASEDIMENTS. LONE STAR GROUP OF 32 CLAIMS STAKED 1970- 1971 NOW COVERS THESE PROSPECTS. 1 BLASHER;SUNSET CLAIMS STAKED IN 1923.SEVEN HOLES DRILLED BY CURRENT OWNERS,BUT DATA UNAVAILABLE. MINERALIZATION INCLUDES CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA,SPHALERITE,PYRRHOTITE,PYRITE,MOLYBDENITE & POWELLITE, AS STRINGERS IN A QUARTZ VEIN & WALL ROCK & AS FRACTURE COATINGS IN THE HOST ROCK. WIDTH OF QUARTZ VEIN RANGES 0.6- 2 FT. ALONG AN EXPOSED STRIKE LENGTH OF 141 FT. WORKINGS ARE AN ADIT & TWO OPEN CUTS. 2. MORNING STAR & LAKESIDE: ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1923. NO RECENT ACTIVITY REPORTED. MINERALIZATION PYRITE & GALENA OCCURRING IN A QUARTZ VEIN. WIDTH OF THE VEIN RANGES FROM 2 TO 4 FT. ALONG AN EXPOSED STRIKE LENGTH OF 500 FT. AN OPEN CUT & SEVERAL TRENCHES. ASSAY RESULTS OF A 4-FT.SAMPLE ACROSS THE VEIN INCLUDED 0.3% PB,<0.05% ZN,0.15% CU, 0.3 OZ AU/TON, 0.025 OZ AG/TON. 3. LAKE PROSPECT: ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1923;RESTAKED IN 1955;NO RECENT ACTIVITY. CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED FISSURE VEINS & QTZ STRINGERS IN SHEAR ZONES. SULFIDES PYRITE,GALENA &SPHALERITE & CHALCOPYRITE.WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.SAMPLES INDICATE LOW METAL VALUES. USGS CRIB A000419 USGS CRIB A000433
Comment (Reference): KERNS,1949(USBM MINERALS MEMORANDUM)
References
Reference (Deposit): OF76-486 pp. 125-128
Reference (Deposit): B1403 pp. 84-89
Reference (Deposit): IR HMF 500524 p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B1024F p. 140
Reference (Deposit): MF418
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-015
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-017
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-024
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-082C
Reference (Deposit): MR191-2 pp. 2-3
Reference (Deposit): B807 p. 100
Reference (Deposit): MR191-4 pp. 5, 13-14
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 410917 pp. 10-11
Reference (Deposit): B926C p. 171
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 470727 p. 1
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