Mine detail: Morning Star Mine

Previously called 'Morning Star and Snowdrift Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.98542, -120.18716

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Warner Mountains
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM010237
DEP10031442
Reference{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, PL. 5.}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 248.}
ReporterMateik, R. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)