New Hope Claims

Prospect in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Titanium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288586
MAS/MILS ID 0080690010
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.39229, 40.46998 (WGS84)
Elevation 2837

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glen Haven(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006 N 071 W 19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Torbernite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.39229, 40.46998

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 790514

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil-Mar Oil Co
    Year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV MILS 5/79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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