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Cascade Mine

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Cadmium, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013128
MRDS ID D009238
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Mine
Alternate or previous names New Cascade Tunnel, Bonnez 1-25, Zombie 1-7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.97368, 38.00612 (WGS84)
Elevation 3155
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES N13W OF CREEDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stewart Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 001W 03 SW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON CASCADE CR. AT CONFLUENCE WITH SPRING CR. IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. LAT-LONG IS APPROX. CENTER OF CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTROSE 1:250000

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result STEVEN AND BIENIEWSKI RAN SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES ON GRAB AND CHIP SAMPLES FROM VARIOUS DUMPS IN MINE AREA. EACH SET OF VALUES IS SAMPLE NUMBER, % FE, % MG, % CA, % TI, PPM MN, PPM AG, PPM BA, PPM CO, PPM CR, PPM CU, PPM MO, PPM NI, PPM PB, PPM SR, PPM V, PPM ZN,PPM ZR, AND VARIOUS FIRE ASSAYS FOR BASE AND PRECIOUS AND OTHER METALS (LT=LESS THAN, TR=TRACE): NO. 8, 10, 2, 3, 0.5, 5000, 3, 1000, 10, 30, 500, LT 5, 10, 10000, LT 100, 150, 5000, 200, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, 0.20 OZ/TON AG, 0.06% CU, 0.96% PB, 1.04% ZN
Result NO. 9, 7, 0.7, 20, 0.3, 5000
Result 10, 5000, 7, 50, 1000, 5, 7, 20000, 200, 100, 5000, 100, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, 0.40 OZ/TON AG, 0.065% CU, 1.02% PB, 0.60% ZN, 18.3% CAF2
Result NO. 10, 7, 1, 5, 0.3, 5000, 2, 3000, 10, 30, 500, LT 5, 5, 7000, 300, 100, 5000, 150, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, 0.24 OZ/TON AG, 0.020% CU, .086% PB, 1.01% ZN
Result NO. 11, 10, 0.5, 5, 0.3, 1000, 1.5, 1500, 20, 70, 70, 10, 15, 5000, 300, 100, 2000, 150, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, 0.16 OZ/TON AG, 0.16% PB, 0.11% ZN
Result NO. 12, 7, 0.5, 2, 0.7, 1000, 1, 2000, 10, 70, 500, 10, 7, 7000, 300, 100, 700, 2008 0.005 OZ/TON AU, TR AG, 0.015% CU, 0.20% PB, 0.05% ZN
Result NO. 13, 5, 2, 2, .05, GT 5000, 5, 1000, 10, 20, 100, LT 5, 7, 10000, 20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Nelson Mountain Tuff
    Rock description Nelson Mountain Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Nelson Mountain Tuff
    Rock description Nelson Mountain Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.97368, 38.00612
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description La Garita Caldera, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Garita Caldera, San Luis Caldera

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877

Mining district

District name Bondholder District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bonnez Mining Co.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.514HA
    Length 216.41M
    Overall length 112.78M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY S5 TO 40W FOR 200 FT. PORTAL OF MIDDLE ADIT LOCATED 110 FT S38W OF LOWER ADIT, AND TUNNEL DRIVEN 310 FT TRENDING FROM S34E TO S45W. UPPER ADIT LOCATED 200 FT S34W FROM LOWER ADIT, AND TUNNEL IS DRIVEN S30E FOR 70 FT AT WHICH POINT WINZE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH SUNK, CONTINUING S5W FOR 70 FT WITH TWO SMALL DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND BIENIEWSKI, C.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LA GARITA WILDERNESS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1420, ANALYSES 8 THRU 18.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULARLY SILICIFIED VEINS CONTAIN ERRATIC LOW-GRADE QUARTZ-PYRITE OR QUARTZ-SULFIDE MINERALICATION. NO PERSISTENT MINERALIZING STRUCTURAL ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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