The Cascade Chief is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington.
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Cascade Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cascade Chief
Secondary: Morrison
Secondary: First of August
Secondary: Gladstone;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED IN 1911, 1938, AND 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 131).
Comment (Geology): EOCENE SANDSTONE OF THE SWAUK FORMATION IS CUT BY NUMEROUS BASALT DIKES AND GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS, THE GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS APPEAR TO BE LOCALIZED ALONG THE SAME FRACTURE SYSTEM AS THE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G. O., 1904, GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES-MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC FOLIO 106, 10P.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R. W.; WAITT, R. B.; FRIZZEL, V. A., JR.; SWANSON, D. A.; BYERLY, G. R.; BENTLEY, R. D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G. O., 1903, GOLD MINING IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1902: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 213, P. 76-80.
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