| Lat / long: | 38.45557, -105.39418 |
| Primary: | Tungsten, Vermiculite |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Vermiculite |
| Gangue: | Diopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Vesuvianite |
| Discovery year: | 1957 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| 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 |
| 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. |