Dreamers Hope Claim

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012909
MRDS ID D008920
Record type Site
Current site name Dreamers Hope Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.5403, 38.34195 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 14.9 MILES N17W FROM WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillside(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 073W 04 E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • "NEAR THE HOMESTAKE CLAIMS, 3.9 MILES EAST OF STATE ROUTE 69, ABOUT 6 MILES NE OF HILLSIDE"; TO NE OF HOMESTAKE CLAIMS, ABOUT 600 FT; NORTH OF ROAD GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fergusonite Ore
Galena Ore
Monazite Ore
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .025% EQUIV. U, .001% U, .13% EQUIV. TH02, .05 TO 1.1% TH02, .41 TO 17.2% RAE OXIDES

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.5403, 38.34195

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Length 135.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS SPACIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO CAMBRIAN ALKALIC COMPLEXES; CARBONATE VEINS HIGHER IN RAE; VEINS LIE 1.4 MILES WEST OF MCCLURE MOUNTAIN ALKALIC COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE MEDIUM-TO COARSE-GRAINED, AND BANDED IN PLACES; WHITE, RED, BROWN, BLACK WHERE FRESH, RED OR BROWN WHERE WEATHERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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