The Cascade Mine is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.4075, -112.33667
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Cascade Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cascade Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE #1 ASSAY: 1.07 % CU 1.85 % PB 0.15 % ZN { 215 PPM MO 22.1 OZ/TON AG 0.43 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 2 ASSAY: .006 % CU .074 % PB .012 % ZN { 152 PPM MO .71 OZ/TON AG .009 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 3 ASSAY: .098 % CU 3.81 % PB 3.68 % ZN { 180 PPM MO 4.82 OZ/TON AG .054 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 5
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKING CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, THE UPPER APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG AND THE LOWER 400 FEET LONG. SEVERAL WINZES AND RAISE ARE RAN FROM THE ADITS.
Comment (Production): MINE WORKS SUGGEST THAT 200 - 300 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED.
References
Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I., 1978
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: 18 INCH TO 3 FOOT CHIP SAMPLES FROM WALL ROCK & VEINS
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL 102 , P. 37 - 3
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