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Morning

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000160
MRDS ID A010196
Record type Site
Current site name Morning
Alternate or previous names Lakeside, Lone Star Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.26982, 56.05283 (WGS84)
Relative position The approximate location of this site is at an elevation of about 2350 feet on the divide between Texas and Disappearing lakes (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 12, loc. 33) This location probably is accurate to within about a quarter of a mile. ?
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Texas Creek
    Rock description Texas Creek

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.26982, 56.05283
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which is locally intruded by apophyses of Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite (Smith, 1977; Berg and others, 1977, p. 17-18). ? Buddington (1929, p. 101) describes the Morning deposit as a quartz vein 2-4 feet thick in Texas Creek Granodiorite. The vein contains much pyrite and sparse pockets of galena.? the vein described by Buddington was not found during U.S. Geological Survey-U.S. Bureau of Mines field investigations in 1972-73 (Berg, 1977, p. 84-85). Instead, massive quartz float on the property was sampled and assayed 280 ppm Cu, 4000 ppm Pb, 120 ppm Zn, and 15 ppm (0.4 oz/ton) Ag.? Lead-isotope studies of galena from the Lakeside prospect (Maas and others, 1995, p. 229-248) indicate that the deposit is Eocene in age, contemporaneous with emplacement of the Hyder Quartz Monzonite.
  • Age = Lead-isotope studies of galena from the Lakeside prospect (Maas and others, 1995, p. 229-248) indicate that the deposit is Eocene in age, contemporaneous with emplacement of the Hyder Quartz Monzonite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Hyder

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospect was explored by small pits and trenches, probably in the 1920's.? Massive quartz float on the property was sampled in 1972 by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and assayed 280 ppm Cu, 4000 ppm Pb, 120 ppm Zn, and 15 ppm (0.4 oz/ton) Au.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A010196
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF BC033

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.

  • Deposit

    Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 p.

  • Deposit

    Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Buddington, 1929

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins
Deposit Other Comments = the Morning prospect (Buddington, 1929, p. 101), was probably relocated as the Lakeside prospect (Berg and others, 1977, p. 38-39), and was covered in 1970 by the Lone Star group of 32 claims.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1998 H. C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey