Cashier Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009748
MRDS ID D002916
Record type Site
Current site name Cashier Mine
Alternate or previous names Champion
Related records 10143476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.85477, 39.53416 (WGS84)
Elevation 3932
Location accuracy 250(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006S 076W 10,11,14,15,12 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.85477, 39.53416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 60NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: INCOMPLETE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS. AT LEAST 2000 FT. WORKINGS + 230 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC05190. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC05190 WAS DELETED.
Deposit STRONG VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.