Mine detail: Morning Star Claims 1943

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45557, -105.39418

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten, Vermiculite
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Diopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben, Gorge Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009601
DEP	10013358
Reference	{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	Collins, Donna B.