Morning Star

The Morning Star is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,657 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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