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Good Hope Dreamer Mine (Delano; Delano 5-12), Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USAi
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Good Hope Dreamer Mine (Delano; Delano 5-12)Mine
Texas Creek AreaArea
Fremont CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 27' 4'' North , 105° 37' 50'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Coaldale255 (2011)14.6km
Howard723 (2011)17.8km
Salida5,467 (2017)33.4km
Cañon City16,400 (2013)33.8km
Smeltertown120 (2011)35.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Columbine Gem and Mineral SocietySalida, Colorado33km
Canon City Geology ClubCanon City, Colorado34km
Mindat Locality ID:
112978
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112978:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Unpatented Claims: Dreamer; Minnesota 1; Good Hope 1-3; Dreamer Mine; Good Hope Mine; School Tract 62; Santa Claus
Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147-148.
Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSAN
Commodities (Major) - Uranium
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
Structure: Texas Creek Fault, Shear Zone (Nw-Trending), Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Host Rock: Mica Schist, Hornblendite, Schist
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

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5 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O HematiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O UraniniteUO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
UUranium
U UraniniteUO2

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