Cascade Chief Mine

Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036906
MRDS ID M025873
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Morrison, First of August, Gladstone
Related records 10055937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6395, 47.28121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY, Accurate? Discrepancy In Cadastral Coordinates Vs. Lat/Long. Lat/Long Was Used

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021N 017E 30 NEAR CENTER OF W EDGE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL LOCATION GIVEN IN DERKEY AND OTHERS IS SE/4 SW/4 SEC. 26, WHICH DOES NOT MATCH LAT/LONG. CADASTRAL LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE CORRESPONDS TO LAT/LONG LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL CAMPLE YIELDED $7.24/TON AU. ONE ASSAY GAVE $129.35/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6395, 47.28121

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1911, 1938, 1939

Mining district

District name Swauk District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cascade Chief, Inc.
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 131

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MIINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 126.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SHEAR ZONES AVERAGING 4 FT WIDE. WITHIN DISTRICT, VEINS ARE SUBPARALLEL TO NORTH-NORTHEAST TRENDING BASALT DIKES, WITH SOME VEINS CUTTING THE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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