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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 36.1175, -112.62222
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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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