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Morning Star Mine

Past Producer in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190914
MRDS ID DC04860
MAS/MILS ID 0080850351
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine
Related records 10108352

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -109.02928, 38.34529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2050
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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 047 N 020 W 12 NWSENW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -109.02928, 38.34529
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 03S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip :03S
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS FILE;USGS PROF PAPER 508 REF:CRIB,DC04860

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP:FOUR CORNERS URAN CORP,1954GRADE:1.80% V205,0.13% U

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1913 BY L.F. GRAMLICH. I IT WAS ACQUIRED AND OPERATED BY THE FOUR CORNERS URANIUM COR GRAMLICH PRODUCED 5,000 TONS OF ORE FROM 1939 TO 1945. FROM 1953 ONLY SMALL TONNAGES WERE PRODUCED. THE AVERAGE GRADE PR WAS 1.80% V205 AND 0.13% U308. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN PIT BOUNDED ON THE WEST SERIES OF UNDERGROUND DRIFTS WHICH,COMBINED COVER AN AREA OV FEET LONG AND 140 FEET WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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