New Hope Claims

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

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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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