Morning Star Mine

The Morning Star Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,726 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 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

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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: 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

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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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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