The Morning Star is a gold, silver, copper, and tungsten mine located in Ferry 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.96083, -118.51472
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Morning Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star
Secondary: Lucile Dreyfus
Secondary: Faithful Surprise
Secondary: Mineral Hill
Secondary: Virginia;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PERMIAN-TRIASSIC GREENSTONE IS IN SHEARED CONTACT WITH SERPENTINITE (PARKER AND CALKINS, 1964, GEOL. MAP, P. 88-89). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED $15,000 BY 1910, $27,000 IN 1917, AND ABOUT $15,000 IN 1935; ALSO PRODUCED IN 1936-1939 AND 790 TONS IN 1940-1943 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 122).
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.
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