The Cash Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,471 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,471 Feet (2,582 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.705, -105.61111
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Cash Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cash Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Cash Nos. 1-5
Secondary: Martin Nos. 1-2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. D. Biggerstoff And G. L. O'Conner
Home Office: Eggers
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF SEVENMILE CREEK AND NORTH OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. LOCAT ION BASED ON RELOCATION OF CASH 1-4 CLAIMS IN 1979-81 (BLM RECORDS) IN NE AND SE SEC. 31. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER NE S EC. 31. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION WITH SHAFT AND TUNNEL DEVELOPMENT FROM 1929 TO 1941
Comment (Workings): 700-FT-LONG TUNNEL, 300-FT CROSSCUT WITH DRIFTS; SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286.
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