Cascade Mine

US / CO

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Cascade Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Saguache, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Vein deposit hosted in Nelson Mountain Tuff (Quartz Latite), within the Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) setting. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite; logged ore minerals are Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite. The site was discovered in 1877; workings are underground.

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Found Here

AzuriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaGoldMalachitePyritePyrolusiteSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Vein
Host rock: Nelson Mountain Tuff — Quartz Latite
Associated rock: Nelson Mountain Tuff — Quartzite, Latite
Tectonic setting: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

Ore minerals

GalenaPyriteSphalerite

Structure

La Garita Caldera, San Juan Volcanic Field, La Garita Caldera, San Luis Caldera

Mining history

Status: Occurrence
Workings: Underground
Discovered: 1877

Records and references

Cited references

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. COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10013128 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 38.00612, -106.97368

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