USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Morning Star Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 36 T33N R43E. Copper Gold Silver Structure: Nw-Trending, Sw-Dipping Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a gloryhole, 660 ft. Of drifts and crosscuts, a 105 ft. Winze and a 40-ft. Raise. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 3 field observ workings explore zone…
Additional documented workings
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Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 105 ft winze, 660 ft.
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Drift
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 105 ft winze, 660 ft.
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Raise
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 660 ft, 105 ft winze.
Mindat -
Winze
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 40 ft, 660 ft, 105 ft winze.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Crosscut
· length 105 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: re: Nw-Trending, Sw-Dipping Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a gloryhole, 660 ft. Of drifts and crosscuts, a 105 ft. Winze and a 4… -
Drift
· length 105 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: er Structure: Nw-Trending, Sw-Dipping Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a gloryhole, 660 ft. Of drifts and crosscuts, a 105 ft. Win… -
Raise
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: sit: Workings consist of a gloryhole, 660 ft. Of drifts and crosscuts, a 105 ft. Winze and a 40-ft. Raise. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 3… -
Winze
· depth 40 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ipping Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a gloryhole, 660 ft. Of drifts and crosscuts, a 105 ft. Winze and a 40-ft. Raise. ; info.s…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Gypsum
- Hornfels
View all 14 reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Gypsum
- Hornfels
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Tenorite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59570
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
- underground workings
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