Morning Sun Lode

The Morning Sun Lode is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,476 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Sun Lode
Secondary: Seaforth Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Titanium

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gravel Range 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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Seaforth Mining Co.
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1973

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1947
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLES FROM 2 LENSES AVE 60 % AND 40 % CAF2

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 6 Short Veins; Smaller Veins Trend Ne, Dip SE And Are About 30 Ft. Long.

Comment (Workings): Bulldozer Trenches, A 10 Ft. Adit

Comment (Location): S. Side Duck Creek

Comment (Production): 200 - 250 Tons/Day Production. Principal Mining Area Is Fluorspar Ridge NE Of Camas Creek

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fracture Zone

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Silicification

References

Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Oct. 12 , 1970 ; Aug. 24 , 1970

Reference (Production): Mining Record, Oct. 6 , 1971; Spokane Chronicle, Oct. 12 , 1970

Reference (Deposit): Cox, D. C., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1015-A, 21 P.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 98, 34 P.

Reference (Deposit): Mining Record, Oct. 6 , 1971

Reference (Deposit): Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 62, 20 P.

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