The Good Hope Dreamer Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.47111, -105.59444
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Good Hope Dreamer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Dreamer Mine
Secondary: Dreamer Mine
Secondary: Good Hope Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Dreamer
Secondary: Good Hope 1-3
Secondary: Delano
Secondary: Delano 5-12
Secondary: Santa Claus
Secondary: School Tract 62
Secondary: Minnesota 1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Texas Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lowell J. Coleman And Roy Jeffrey
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1959
Mined: 9.000 mt
Material type: uranium ore
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.20% U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1959
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Texas Creek Fault, Shear Zone (Nw-Trending)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 0.032 TO 0.053% U308
Analytical Data: RADIATION TO 100 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE WAS SHIPPED TO MILL AT CANON CITY; USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS SHOW 10 TONS PRODUCED AT 0.25% U308 COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES SHOWS 50 TONS ORE AND 45 TONS LOW GRADE ORE STOCKPILED IN 1957.
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT
Comment (Location): OTHER REFERENCES PLACE THIS MINE IN SEC. 2, T 48 N, R 12 E OR SEC. 34, 35, T 49 N, R 12 E, NMPM. THE MINE LIES ALONG TEXAS CREEK GULCH, SOUTH OF BULL GULCH RESERVOIR NO. 8. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147-148.
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500.
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978 (AEC)
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