Dream Mine

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

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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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