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Cashier Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143476
MRDS ID D002916
MAS/MILS ID 0081170042
Record type Site
Current site name Cashier Mine
Related records 10009748

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.85477, 39.53416 (WGS84)
Elevation 3664
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Summit

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Barite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.85477, 39.53416
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1876-83, 1889, 1892
    Material ore
    Ore mined 957.62mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 5821420.81g
    Trace Lead Lead 30.84mt
    Major Gold Gold 5536.41g
    Trace Copper Copper 34404.52mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MONTEZUMA 7.5" QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 178, p. 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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