Mine detail: Dreamers Hope Claim

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34195, -105.5403
dep_id: 10012909
mrds_id: D008920
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium, REE, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Fergusonite, Galena, Monazite, Thorite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins In Shear Zone
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss,Granite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F, AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 25
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
  • Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. AND CONKLIN, N.M., 1966, RARE-EARTH THORIUM CARBONATE VEINS OF THE ROAD GULCH AREA, NORTHERN WET MOUNTAINS; COLORADO, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B130-134
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