The Morning Star Prospect is a feldspar mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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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 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: White Picacho District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DIKELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation And Layering Strike Wnw To W & Dip 45-55n.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Near Contact With Pegmatite, Schist Impregnatated By Feldspar And Muscovite
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): IN WESTERN HALF OF SECTION.
Comment (Deposit): 5 PEGMATITE ZONES WITH MAXIMUM POSSIBLE WIDTH OF 52.5 FEET. PEGMATITE CONTAINS LARGE QUARTZ MASSES.
Comment (Commodity): SOME PERTHITE FROM INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS 7 FT CRYSTALS. MUSCOVITE IS GREEN AND OCCURS IN FLAKES AND BOOKS.
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION OF K-SPAR.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, ABGMT BULL 162, 1952, P. 78-80.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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