Victor, Morning Star, David H.

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108082
MRDS ID DC01110
Record type Site
Current site name Victor, Morning Star, David H.
Related records 10215021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.37839, 38.53056 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitepine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 05E 02 SW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.37839, 38.53056

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tomichi

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: $500,000, VICTOR; ITEM 2: M. STAR; ITEM 3: DAVID H.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, USGS P.P. 289, P. 77

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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