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'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.31082, -108.94957

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Uranium
Ore:	Amalgam, Argentite, Bornite, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1898
Last production ended:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Wingate Sandstone;Chinle Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Paradox Anticline, Paradox Valley Graben, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides To Carbonates And Oxide

References

MRDS	D010953
DEP	10014257
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schowchow, Stephen D., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center