The Morning Star is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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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: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.36167, -115.49000
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Morning Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Mescal
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VALUES VARY FROM $2-$15/TON IN GOLD, AVG. BEING $4-$6/TON. 25% IS IN FINE GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. N 1/2 N 1/2 28. SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS
Comment (Deposit): 12 CLAIMS. EXPLORED MAINLY IN LATE 1920'S AND IN 1930'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): BETTER GRADE OF ORE IS FOUND IN NORTH-TRENDING FRACTURES. HOSTED IN COARSE-GRAINED GRANITIC ROCK AND FINER-GRAINED, DARKER GRANITIC ROCK
Comment (Workings): NORTH-TRENDING 600-FT. ADIT, JOINED TO WINZES, CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS TOTALING 1700 FT. DIAMOND DRILLING.
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS ALONG FRACTURED CONTACT ZONE. AURIFEROUS PYRITE MINERALIZED UP TO THICKNESS OF 175 FT. VEIN IS IN FINER-GRAINED (RHYOLITE?) INTRUSIVE DIKE, WHICH IS UP TO 350 FT. THICK. MINERALIZATION PRINCIPALLY OCCURS ALONG SETS OF E-W AND N-S TRENDING FRACTURES IN THE DIKE.
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF.: CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 71
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 49
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 456
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