Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTHIN, DISCONTINUOUS, SUBPARALLEL
Ore controlAlong Bedding Planes, Localized Along The Crest And Upper Flanks Of Sw Limb Of A Nw - Trending Anticline.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Argillite,Siltstone,Limestone · Apache Canyon Formation
Associated rockQuartz Latite
StructureTilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N; Homoclinal, Attitude Of Veins Is Generally Conformable To Bedding N 50 - 60 E, 28 - 38 Se. Ne Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationHost Rock Altered And Metamorphosed To Hornfels And Skarn. Pyrite And Sericite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10039494
MRDS IDM050166
Alternate namesMorningstar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.75902, -110.76429
References
STEWART, J.C., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE MORNINGSTAR MINE AREA, GREATERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., MS THESIS.SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P.KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 121.DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I - 613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)DREWES, H., 1970 , USGS BULLETIN 1312 - A.STEWART, J. C., 1969, P. 39 ; ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 121.