| Lat / long: | 31.42931, -110.72761 |
| Primary: | Copper, Lead |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold, Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Epidote, Hematite, Specularite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1907 |
| Last production ended: | 1929 |
| Host rock: | Bisbee Formation |
| Host type: | Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Rhyolite Forms Dikes And Intrusive Sheets In Limestone, Limestone Beds Dip 40 Wnw |
| Tectonic: | Ux Ranch Fault Block |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation To Depth Of About 40 Ft; Ore Bed Appears To Be A Mineralized Sheet Or Sill Of Intrusive Rhyolite Which Has Been Almost Completely Replaced |
| MRDS | M899924 |
| DEP | 10104153 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, MORNING GLORY MINE.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 306-307.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 300-301.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, MORNING GLORY MINE.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MORNING GLORY MINE-PATAGONIA.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANKS., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 80.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J. |