The Morning Star is a copper mine located in Kittitas county, Washington.
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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
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Morning Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Cle Elum 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.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): NOTE: WDMG BULL. 37 REPORTS THIS PROSPECT IN SEC. 24, T. 22 N., R. 14 E. THIS BULLETIN USES TWO REFERENCES WHICH MAY NOT BE THE SAME PROPERTY. HODGES REPORTES THE PROPERTY ON HOWSON GULCH. HOWEVER, THE PRESENT TOPO MAPS SHOW HOWSON CREEK AS A DIFFERENT DRAINAGE THAN THE ONE IDENTIFIED BY HODGES. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SALMON LA SAC CREEK IS THE CREEK NAMED AS HOWSON BY HODGES. THEREFORE, THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PROBABLY IN ERROR.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
Reference (Deposit): POST INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE
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