The Cascade Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.28139, -120.63833
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Cascade Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cascade Chief Mine
Secondary: Morrison
Secondary: First of August
Secondary: Gladstone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk 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: Cascade Chief, Inc.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHANNEL CAMPLE YIELDED $7.24/TON AU. ONE ASSAY GAVE $129.35/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS
Comment (Location): 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
Comment (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
References
Reference (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
Reference (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.
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