Morningstar Prospect

The Morningstar Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,144 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Morningstar Prospect
Secondary: Prospect: Gold Mine
Secondary: Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Morningstar 1-10

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Nacimiento 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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Cosme T. Herrera
Home Office: P.O. Box 6, Cuba, N.M.
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1961
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nacimiento Fault

Type: L
Description: Nacimiento Fault And A Shear Zone Where Mineralization Took Place.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1961 CONSISTED OF PROSPECT PITS 10-12 FEET WIDE. WOODWARD (GM-25, 1972) REPORTS THE PROSPECTS WERE BEING WORKED BY THE MORNINGSTAR MINING CORPORATION. IN 1983 COSME HERRERA PLACED THE PROSPECTS UNDER CLAIM.

Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN IN THIS AREA HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN A FORMAL NAME.

Comment (Production): IT IS UNDETERMINED WETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A VEIN 3 TO 4 FEET WIDE OF SHEARED GRANITE. THERE ARE SCALES, FILMS, AND IRREGULAR VEINS OF BRIGHT NATIVE GOLD AND LOCAL SMALL NODULES OR PODS OF MALACHITE. THERE IS FOUR-FEET BETWEEN TWO MAIN FAULTS THAT FORM THE FOOTWALL AND A POSITION INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE FOOTWALL AND AN ILL-DEFINED HANGING WALL.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PROSPECT PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

References

Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., D.H. MCLELLAND, J.B. ANDERSON AND W.H. KAUFMAN, 1972, NMBMMR GM-25

Reference (Deposit): WEBER, R.H., 1961, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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