Morning Star Claims 1943

The Morning Star Claims 1943 is a tungsten and vermiculite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,480 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Star Claims 1943

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Vermiculite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Mcintyre Gulch Area

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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Depository Co.
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Ilse Fault, Webster Park Graben, Gorge Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.01-1.9 %), ZN (0.01-0.71 %), AG (0.3-0.4 OZ/TON) W03 (2.91-3.48 %) QUANTITATIVE ANAYSIS OF THE LAST 5 FT OF A 32 FT, 1 INCH CORE FROM CLAIM NO. 6 YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS (1957): 0.28 OZ/TON AU, 0.07 OZ/TON AG, 0.45% MN, 2.02% FE, 0.01% NI, 0.05% MO, 0.02% CU, 0.53% TI, 4.38% W, 0.02% PB

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Vermiculite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PAST PRODUCTION FOR VERMICULITE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): BLM REPORT INDICATES NO VIABLE RESERVES OR POTENTIAL

Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 3.25 MILES, THEN WEST 2 MILES UP DRAINAGE; THE CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1943 THEN RELINQUISHED IN 1957. THEY WERE RELOCATED IN MAY 1981. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): 45-FT DEEP SHAFT AT SITE 1; SITE 2 HAS 21 FT ADIT WITH 16 FT LONG TRENCH; SITE 3 HAS 28-FT SHAFT WITH 10 FT DRIFT, AND A 12 X 7 FT PIT; SITE 4 HAS 19 FT ADIT; SITE 5 HAS 3 BENCH CUTS OF VARYING SIZE AND SHAPE; OLD PROPERTY EVALUATION (1968) STATES THAT A 160 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON EASTERN EDGE OF PROPERTY "MANY YEARS AGO" BY VERMICULITE PRODUCERS

References

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, 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.

Reference (Deposit): RAYBURN, M. C., 1968?, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF MORNING STAR LODE MINING CLAIMS: PRIVATE REPORT, 3 P., ANALYSES

Reference (Deposit): 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. 81-83

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