Mine detail: Cashin Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Red Chief, MS 13029aRed Chief Mill Site, MS 13029bCashin, MS 1303aTiton, MS 13030aTiton Mill Site, MS 13030bAngell, MS 13031aBennie, MS 13031aHumboldt, MS 13031aMaud, MS 13031aMaud Mill Site, MS 13031bHorse Shoe, MS 19163Michigan, MS 19163Red Rock, MS 19163Malachite, MS 19164'

Location:	Montrose County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.31082, -108.94957
dep_id:	10014257
mrds_id:	D010953
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Silver
Minor mineral:	Gold, Lead
Trace mineral:	Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Amalgam, Argentite, Bornite, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
alteration:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxide
conc_proc:	Secondary Enrichment Of Cu As Sulfide And Native Metal, And Ag As Native Metal
ore_ctrl:	Fault Cutting Poorly Cemented, Friable Sandstone
Reporter:	Schowchow, Stephen D., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center
hrock_unit:	Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
hrock_type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Year first produced:	1898
yr_lst_prd:	1972
disc_yr:	1896
discr:	James N. Mcbride (Claimant)
References:	Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., 1906, THE CASHIN MINE, MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 285, P. 125-128. Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 219-220. Deposit:: WITHINGTON, C.F., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARADOX QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-72. Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1936, PECULIAR HYDROTHERMAL COPPER-BEARING VEINS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU; ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 571-599. Deposit:: GOTT, G.B., AND ERICKSON, R.L., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE OF URANIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, UTAH, IDAHO, AND WYOMING: USGS CIRC. 219, P.4-5. Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13029A&B, 13030A&B, 13031A&B, 19163, 19164 Deposit:: HALL, R.G., 1903, SECONDARY ENRICHMENT IN COPPER VIENS: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 75, NO. 8, P. 288. Deposit:: CARTER, W.D., AND GUALTIERI, J.L., 1957, LA SAL CREEK AREA, COLORADO AND UTAH, IN GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS--SEMIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, DECEMBER 1, 1956 TO MAY 31, 1957: AEC TEI-690, P. 94. Deposit:: COLO DIV OF MINES 1972 SUMMARY. Deposit:: COLO BU OF MINES 1937 ANNUAL RPT Deposit:: BLM SUR MNGT QUAD Deposit:: 7.5 QUAD Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1939-1955; EMMONS, 1906