Mine detail: Cascade Mine

Previously called 'New Cascade TunnelBonnez 1-25, Zombie 1-7'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.00612, -106.97368

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium, Manganese
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1877

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Nelson Mountain Tuff
Host type:Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Nelson Mountain Tuff
Associated type:Quartzite,Latite
Structure:La Garita Caldera, San Juan Volcanic Field, La Garita Caldera, San Luis Caldera
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD009238
DEP10013128
Reference{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND BIENIEWSKI, C.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LA GARITA WILDERNESS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1420, ANALYSES 8 THRU 18.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.