Cather Springs

The Cather Springs is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,619 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cather Springs
Secondary: Colorado
Secondary: St Peters Dome Fluorite
Secondary: Timberline
Secondary: Hughes Boss
Secondary: Duffields
Secondary: Leyte
Secondary: Mattie B

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: St Peters Dome

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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Other
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Allied Chemical Corp.
Percent: 10.00
Home Office: New Jersey
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
Percent: 90.00
Home Office: Pennsylvania
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1917
Description: Hand Cobbed Fluorite Tonnes Conc.
Year: 1911
Description: Hand Cobbed Fluorite 1000 Tonnes Conc.
Year: 1910
Description: Hand Cobbed Fluorite Tonnes Conc.
Year: 1945
Description: Flotation Acidspar And Metspar 7000 Tonnes Conc.
Year: 1944
Description: Flotation Acidspar And Metspar Tonnes Conc.
Year: 1918
Description: Hand Cobbed Fluorite 6000 Tonnes Conc.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1972, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: CHICAGO, SWALLOW PRESS, 222 P.

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