Good Hope Dreamer Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087785
MRDS ID D009630
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope Dreamer Mine
Alternate or previous names Dreamer Mine, Good Hope Mine, Unpatented Claims: Dreamer, Good Hope 1-3, Delano, Delano 5-12, Santa Claus, School Tract 62, Minnesota 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.59502, 38.47112 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position at mine symbol on topo; 3.4 MILES N 20 W OF TEXAS CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(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 018S 073W 30;31 SW OF NW OF SW (30) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER REFERENCES PLACE THIS MINE IN SEC. 2, T 48 N, R 12 E OR SEC. 34, 35, T 49 N, R 12 E, NMPM. THE MINE LIES ALONG TEXAS CREEK GULCH, SOUTH OF BULL GULCH RESERVOIR NO. 8. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIATION TO 100 TIMES BACKGROUND
Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.032 TO 0.053% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.59502, 38.47112

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Texas Creek Fault, Shear Zone (Nw-Trending)

Ore body information

  • Dip 30 E (SCHIST BEDS)
    Depth to top 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • fractures, shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name Texas Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lowell J. Coleman And Roy Jeffrey
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Material uranium ore
    Ore mined 9mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.20% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED TO MILL AT CANON CITY; USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS SHOW 10 TONS PRODUCED AT 0.25% U308 COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES SHOWS 50 TONS ORE AND 45 TONS LOW GRADE ORE STOCKPILED IN 1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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