Morning Glory Mines

The Morning Glory Mines is a copper and silver mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,250 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Glory Mines

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: La Sal (Paradox Valley) District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt

Type: L
Description: Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxides

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS LOCATED ON NE RIM OF PARADOX VALLEY ALONG SHORT NORMAL FAULTS TRENDING GENERALLY N 20 TO 30 W (DOWNTHROWN ON NW) AND SUBPARALLEL TO FAULT AT SUNRISE MINE THAT EXTENDS NE FROM BULGE IN INTRUSIVE CORE OF PARADOX VALLEY SALT ANTICLINE. ORE REPORTEDLY IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT SUNRISE MINE AND SHOLD BE CHARACTERIZED BY CHALCOPYRITE AND MASSIVE CHALCOCITE, PARTLY REPLACED BY CU PITCH, MALACHITE, AND LIMONITE.

Comment (Workings): TWO PROSPECT TUNNELS DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN

Comment (Commodity): CU PITCH DEFINED AS MIXTURE OF TENORITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOLLA, LIMONITE, AND MN OXIDES. COMMODITIES AND ORE MINERALS LISTED ARE BASED ON SIMILARITY OF OCCURRENCE WITH THOSE AT SUNRISE MINE TO NW.

Comment (Location): MINE LIES ON NE SIDE OF PARADOX VALLEY, BELOW RIM OF CARPENTER RIDGE, AND 0.45 MILE SE OF SUNRISE MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

References

Reference (Deposit): COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIU,M, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSTIS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 220.

Reference (Deposit): SHOEMAKER, E.M., 19568 GEOLOGIC MAP OF ROC CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-83.

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 588-593.

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