Good Hope Dreamer Mine

The Good Hope Dreamer Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,402 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: 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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