Morning Star Mine

The Morning Star Mine is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,678 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

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Star Mine
Secondary: Morning Star

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Vanderbuilt Gold Corp.
Company ID: 404791
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1973 -

Production

Year: 1989
Description: Gold 20000 Oz

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1987
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Detachment-fault-related polymetallic Cu-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn deposits

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE NO TAILINGS; ALL MATERIAL REMAINS ON LEACH PADS WHICH ARE LINED.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 18,600 OZ AU IN 1989 FROM TREATING 660,000 MT ORE.

Comment (Deposit): HEAP LEACHING OPERATION. PLACED ON STAND-BY IN 1990.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P274.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 148, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

Reference (Deposit): MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 178, P. 100.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #36, AUG., 31, 1996, P15.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P162.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING JOURNAL, V321 N8239, 8-27-93, P.139.

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