The Morning Glory Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5322, -117.05060
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Morning Glory Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Glory Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT WHITE CAPS MINE WON LITIGATION ON APEX RIGHTS TO ORE BODY SURFACING ON MORINING GLORY PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF TWO PATENTED CLAIMS, PINENUT NO. 2 AND MORNING GLORY. IT WAS PATENTED BY THE MANHATTAN MORNING GLORY MINING COMPANY. THIS PROPERTY ADJOINS THE WHITE CAP NO. 1 PATENTED PROPERTIES, (AND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE LABELED WHITE CAPS MINE ON MANHATTAN ON 7.5 MIN MAP).
References
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): NO. 10, PINE NUT NO 2./MORNING GLORY GEOLOGY CLAIM MAP.
Reference (Deposit): ALSO PLATE 1 (H.K. FERGUSON).
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES, ITEM 240,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 151,
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
