Cash Mine

The Cash Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,471 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: Cash Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Larimer

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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