Mine detail: Morning Glory Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.39666, -108.9204

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Bornite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Limonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Wingate Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxides

References

MRDS	D010956
DEP	10014260
Reference	{Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIU,M, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSTIS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 220.}{Deposit:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., 19568 GEOLOGIC MAP OF ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 588-593.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.