The New Hope Claims is a niobium (columbium) and tantalum mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,308 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: 9,308 Feet (2,837 Meters)
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Lat, Long: 40.47, -105.39170
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New Hope Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope Claims
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Crystal Mountain District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phil-Mar Oil Co
Info Year: 1965
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Alabandite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Torbernite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4385, DATED 1956. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THE ONLY PRODUCTION HAD BEEN A REPUTED S OF 1000 LBS. OF BERYL AND 70 LBS. OF URANIUM-BEARING MATERIA THE CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY PHIL-MAR OIL CO., C THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 13 AND 24, T. 6 N., R. 72 W., AND SE 19,17, 9 AND 16, T. 6 N., R. 71 W., 6TH P.M., AND ON THE FOU 7-1/2 MINUTE MAPS, ESTES PARK, GLEN HAVEN, CRYSTAL MTN, AND INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS AND BINATION GEOLOGIC-TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED WAS LITTLE PROBABILITY OF FINDING SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS BERYL OR URANIUM MINERALS ON THE CLAIMS, ASSISTANCE WAS DENI
References
Reference (Deposit): REV MILS 5/79
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