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Morning Star Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167666
MAS/MILS ID 0080930187
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Star-Cresskill Groups

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.09477, 39.32555 (WGS84)
Elevation 3840
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Within 100 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Comments on the location information

  • Many propsect pits and 2 surveyed claims named Morning Star are on SE slope of Mount Bross near the center of sec 27, T 8 S, R 78 W, about 3-1/2 miles NW of Alma.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Expected grade of 0.08 oz/t gold, 8 oz/t silver. (1980, Sunshine files)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.09477, 39.32555
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Replacement deposits in Leadville limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alma District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Silver State Mining Co. was mining and milling ore from a surface pit. (1980, Sunshine files)

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-84 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 02-FEB-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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