The Dream Mine is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.8925, -111.02722
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Dream Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dream Mine
Secondary: Mas 12 1039
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dream Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Monocline (Water Pocket Fold)
Type: L
Description: Steep Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.16 PERCENT U3O8 AND UP TO 0.37 PERCENT V2O5 - FROM 15 TO 625 PPM SELENIUM.
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH BULLDOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON UGMS SPST 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 12
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967 , P. 90
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
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