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Cash

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165795
MRDS ID DC05030
MAS/MILS ID 0080130170
Record type Site
Current site name Cash
Alternate or previous names Cash Mine
Related records 10108360

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.40079, 40.06189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2450
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Petzite Ore
Telluride Ore
Sylvite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.40079, 40.06189
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1888
    Period 1887-1888
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 171g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 34g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 403844, 405392 OWN UTEX EXPLORATION CO

  • Deposit

    REF. COLO BU MINES #1288 REF."MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO" P

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/09/2009
MSHA mine ID0503884
Mine name (MSHA)Cash Mine
Current operatorMount Royale Ventures, LLC
Current controller (parent)Consolidated Global Minerals LTD
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1047 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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