Cataract Canyon

The Cataract Canyon is a silver mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Cataract Canyon  

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 36.1175, -112.62222

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Satelite image of the Cataract Canyon

Cataract Canyon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cataract Canyon


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Grand Canyon Area


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: UNKNOWN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED 3.4 AND 5 PPM AG (CONVERTED FROM OZ/TON)


Materials

Ore: Marcasite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): AFTER INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF PGE IN THE AREA, SUBSEQUENT ASSAYS DID NOT DETECT PT (BLAKE, 1900)

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; POSSIBLY NEAR WILLIAMS BUT MAY BE QUITE A WAYS TO THE NORTH. LOCATION GIVEN IS IN CATARACT CANYON ABOUT 10 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUPAI IN KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST

Comment (Development): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION

Comment (Geology): LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT


References

Reference (Deposit): QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 245.

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, W.P., 1900, DOES PLATINUM OCCUR IN ARIZONA?: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 69, FEB. 24, P. 224.


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