Morning Stasra Mine

The Morning Stasra Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Stasra Mine
Secondary: Formerly Arkansas Propertynorman-Harder G.M.Co. Property
Secondary: Tramway 1 & 2, Arkansas, Arkansas 1 & 2, Cook, Dewitt No.2 & 3 Claims.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tarbidge 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hardbr And Gillham
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): IN HEAD OF THE THIRD CRATER. IT IS REACHED BY WAY OF THE BONANZA-BLUSTER OR CRATER TRAIL.

Comment (Production): $12/TON ORE AND $3.50/TON ORE IN 1920

Comment (Development): 10 CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, CROSSCUT

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY RALPH F. HARDER & BISHOP NORMAN, OF JARBIDGE , WHO IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS DID CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK ON IT. THE PROPERTY COMPRISES 10 CLAIMS & CONTAINS 4,500 FEET OF THE MORNING STAR VEIN, FORMERLY CALLED THE HARDER-NORMAN, SUPPOSED TO BE THE SOUTWARD CONTINUATION OF THE WINDY VEIN. THIS VEIN IS INTERSECTED BY THE ALTITUDE VEIN, OF WHICH ABOUT 3,000 FEET LIES ON THE PROPERTY. MORNING STAR VEIN, IS ABOUT 7 FEET WIDE. IT IS OPENED BY ANUPPER 103-FOOT DRIFT, A LOWER 300-FOOT CROSSCUT, FROM WHICH 80 FEET OF DRIFT EXTENDS NORTHWARD TO THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO VEINS, & SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE SAID TO YIELD GOOD RETURNS. IT CONTAINS 1 FOOT OF $12 ORE IN THE FOOTWALLSIDE, & ITS REMAINING 6 FEET AVERAGES ABOUT $3.50 TO THE TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1923), THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 741

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912), A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS. ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 497.

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.