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Cascade Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese
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  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088069
MRDS ID DB00513
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Mine
Related records 10203035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33745, 38.40747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BULLION CANYON 1500 FT. SOUTHEAST OF BULLION FALLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE #1 ASSAY: 1.07 % CU 1.85 % PB 0.15 % ZN { 215 PPM MO 22.1 OZ/TON AG 0.43 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 2 ASSAY: .006 % CU .074 % PB .012 % ZN { 152 PPM MO .71 OZ/TON AG .009 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 3 ASSAY: .098 % CU 3.81 % PB 3.68 % ZN { 180 PPM MO 4.82 OZ/TON AG .054 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Navajo Quartzite
    Rock description Navajo Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 67 DEG W
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 38.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WORKS SUGGEST THAT 200 - 300 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKING CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, THE UPPER APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG AND THE LOWER 400 FEET LONG. SEVERAL WINZES AND RAISE ARE RAN FROM THE ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 18 INCH TO 3 FOOT CHIP SAMPLES FROM WALL ROCK & VEINS

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL 102 , P. 37 - 3

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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