Mine detail: Cascade Chief

Previously called 'MorrisonFirst of AugustGladstone;'

Location:	Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	47.28121, -120.6395
dep_id:	10055937
mrds_id:	SP00149
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
ore_ctrl:	Gold-Quartz Veins In The Swauk District Are Subparallel To Numerous Basalt Dikes Of The Region (Smith, 1903, P. 80). At The Cascade Chief Mine, Stringers Of Mineralized Quartz Occur In Three Shear Zones That Average 4ft. Wide In Sandstone (Huntting, 1956, P. 131).
Reporter:	Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_type:	Sandstone
tectonic:	Quartz Veins Of The Swauk District Are Subparallel To North-Northeast-Trending Basalt Dikes In The Area. The Veins Also Cut Some Basalt Dikes (Smith, 1904, P. 9).
prod_yrs:	1911, 1938, AND 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 131)
References:	Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P. Deposit:: SMITH, G. O., 1903, GOLD MINING IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1902: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 213, P. 76-80. Deposit:: SMITH, G. O., 1904, GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES-MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC FOLIO 106, 10P. Deposit:: TABOR, R. W.; WAITT, R. B.; FRIZZEL, V. A., JR.; SWANSON, D. A.; BYERLY, G. R.; BENTLEY, R. D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT. Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18