The Dream Mine is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 9,281 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,281 Feet (2,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.81861, -109.48278
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Dream Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dream Mine
Commodity
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Abajo Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Marvin C. Lyman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
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: Abajo Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN A SYSTEM OF FISSURE VEINS. THE MOST VALUABLE ORE IS REPORTED TO BE NEAR THE SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS ADITS AND SHAFTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CAVED. WORKINGS LENGTH INFORMATION IS FROM LITERATURE AND REPORTEDLY CONSISTS OF 3 LEVELS WITH CROSSCUTS AND TWO SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 15 UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEE I. PERRY, 1977
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON WHITKIND, I. J., GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAIN
Reference (Deposit): WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 453
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