The Morning Star Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,726 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,726 Feet (2,050 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3453, -109.02860
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Morning Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Star Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1913 BY L.F. GRAMLICH. I IT WAS ACQUIRED AND OPERATED BY THE FOUR CORNERS URANIUM COR GRAMLICH PRODUCED 5,000 TONS OF ORE FROM 1939 TO 1945. FROM 1953 ONLY SMALL TONNAGES WERE PRODUCED. THE AVERAGE GRADE PR WAS 1.80% V205 AND 0.13% U308. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN PIT BOUNDED ON THE WEST SERIES OF UNDERGROUND DRIFTS WHICH,COMBINED COVER AN AREA OV FEET LONG AND 140 FEET WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:MAS FILE;USGS PROF PAPER 508 REF:CRIB,DC04860
Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP:FOUR CORNERS URAN CORP,1954GRADE:1.80% V205,0.13% U
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