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Morning Star Claims 1943

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Vermiculite, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013358
MRDS ID D009601
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Claims 1943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39418, 38.45557 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position pit on topo: 8.7 MILES N 82 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 072W 25 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 3.25 MILES, THEN WEST 2 MILES UP DRAINAGE; THE CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1943 THEN RELINQUISHED IN 1957. THEY WERE RELOCATED IN MAY 1981. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Vermiculite Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vermiculite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.01-1.9 %), ZN (0.01-0.71 %), AG (0.3-0.4 OZ/TON) W03 (2.91-3.48 %) QUANTITATIVE ANAYSIS OF THE LAST 5 FT OF A 32 FT, 1 INCH CORE FROM CLAIM NO. 6 YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS (1957): 0.28 OZ/TON AU, 0.07 OZ/TON AG, 0.45% MN, 2.02% FE, 0.01% NI, 0.05% MO, 0.02% CU, 0.53% TI, 4.38% W, 0.02% PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39418, 38.45557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben, Gorge Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Morning Star Mining Company, (1943)?

Mining district

District name Mcintyre Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Depository Co.
    First year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BLM REPORT INDICATES NO VIABLE RESERVES OR POTENTIAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 45-FT DEEP SHAFT AT SITE 1; SITE 2 HAS 21 FT ADIT WITH 16 FT LONG TRENCH; SITE 3 HAS 28-FT SHAFT WITH 10 FT DRIFT, AND A 12 X 7 FT PIT; SITE 4 HAS 19 FT ADIT; SITE 5 HAS 3 BENCH CUTS OF VARYING SIZE AND SHAPE; OLD PROPERTY EVALUATION (1968) STATES THAT A 160 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON EASTERN EDGE OF PROPERTY "MANY YEARS AGO" BY VERMICULITE PRODUCERS

Comments on development

  • THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PAST PRODUCTION FOR VERMICULITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 81-83

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

  • Deposit

    RAYBURN, M. C., 1968?, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF MORNING STAR LODE MINING CLAIMS: PRIVATE REPORT, 3 P., ANALYSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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