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Morning Glory Mines

Occurrence in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014260
MRDS ID D010956
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.9204, 38.39666 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 10 MILES N 80 W FROM URAVAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roc Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 019W 24 S2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES ON NE SIDE OF PARADOX VALLEY, BELOW RIM OF CARPENTER RIDGE, AND 0.45 MILE SE OF SUNRISE MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU PITCH DEFINED AS MIXTURE OF TENORITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOLLA, LIMONITE, AND MN OXIDES. COMMODITIES AND ORE MINERALS LISTED ARE BASED ON SIMILARITY OF OCCURRENCE WITH THOSE AT SUNRISE MINE TO NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wingate Sandstone
    Rock description Wingate Sandstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Cutting Poorly Cemented, Friable Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Sal (Paradox Valley) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT TUNNELS DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS LOCATED ON NE RIM OF PARADOX VALLEY ALONG SHORT NORMAL FAULTS TRENDING GENERALLY N 20 TO 30 W (DOWNTHROWN ON NW) AND SUBPARALLEL TO FAULT AT SUNRISE MINE THAT EXTENDS NE FROM BULGE IN INTRUSIVE CORE OF PARADOX VALLEY SALT ANTICLINE. ORE REPORTEDLY IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT SUNRISE MINE AND SHOLD BE CHARACTERIZED BY CHALCOPYRITE AND MASSIVE CHALCOCITE, PARTLY REPLACED BY CU PITCH, MALACHITE, AND LIMONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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