Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockTonalite · Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist
Associated rockTonalite · Tonalite;Diorite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin, Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10013972
MRDS IDD010551
Alternate namesMorning Star, Hurrah No. 2, Unpatented Claims: Lone Pine, Golden Glory, Golden Reward, Urrah
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.49748, -105.20309
References
WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-789.BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.