Mine detail: Dreamers Hope Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34195, -105.5403

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium, REE, Lead
Ore:	Fergusonite, Galena, Monazite, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008920
DEP	10012909
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.