Description
Morning Star Mining Company, (1943)?
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Vermiculite
TertiaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Vermiculite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite,Pegmatite · Granodiorite
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben, Gorge Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10013358
MRDS IDD009601
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.45557, -105.39418
References
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. 81-83TAYLOR, 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.RAYBURN, M. C., 1968?, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF MORNING STAR LODE MINING CLAIMS: PRIVATE REPORT, 3 P., ANALYSES