Mine detail: Morning Star Claim

Previously called 'Campo Bonito GroupFotunaHappy ThotGold BugGeneral HancockCarelessEwing Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.55733, -110.73679

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR MASSIVE
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1913-1952
First production started: 1913
Last production ended: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Escabrosa Limestone
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Post Cretaceous Pre-Pliocene Thrusts And High Angle Normal And Reverse Faults. Cretaceous - Tertiary Intrusives And Consequent Faulting., Mogul Fault Zone
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification, Dolomitization

References

MRDSM050218
DEP10039524
Reference{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1959, U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU MINES BULL. 148.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: 1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, R.I. 5516}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL NIKAS MINING CO., MINE WORKINGS CONSTRUCTED WITH DMEA CONTRACT.}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE FAICK, J.H. DMEA GEOLOGICAL REPORT.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: DALE, V. B. 1959}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)