CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
71 United States (Colorado) 38.18 N -- 108.57 W Cashin Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Cashin
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Colorado
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Triassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Dolores Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; from 1897-1957 mine produced 1000 tons of Cu and 306000 ounces of Ag
References:
Kinkle, A. R., 1962
Copper in the United States
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13

Phillips, J. S., 1960
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p.

Resource data:
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10,900,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill-indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.55 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1995: Summo Updates Cashin Project; The Northern Miner, March 6 issue, p. 11
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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