Mine detail: Morning Star

Previously called 'Lucile DreyfusFaithful SurpriseMineral HillVirginia;'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.96068, -118.51586

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Serpentine

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Greenstone
Tectonic:Permian-Triassic Rocks Are In Contact With Serpentine (Parker And Calkins, 1964, Geol. Map).

References

MRDSSP00093
DEP10055887
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.}{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.}{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.}
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