Morning Star Mine

The Morning Star Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,598 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Star Mine
Secondary: Morning Star-Cresskill Groups

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Alma District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): Silver State Mining Co. was mining and milling ore from a surface pit. (1980, Sunshine files)

Comment (Commodity): Expected grade of 0.08 oz/t gold, 8 oz/t silver. (1980, Sunshine files)

Comment (Geology): Replacement deposits in Leadville limestone.

Comment (Location): Many propsect pits and 2 surveyed claims named Morning Star are on SE slope of Mount Bross near the center of sec 27, T 8 S, R 78 W, about 3-1/2 miles NW of Alma.

References

Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO #408265

Reference (Deposit): Widmann, B.L., Bartos, P.J., Madole, R.F., Barba, K.E., and Moll, M.E., 2004, Geologic map of the Alma quadrangle, Park and Summit counties, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 04-3, CD-ROM.

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, H. B., Hoskin, A. J., and Butler, G. M., 1912, Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 3, 284 p.

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