Cactus Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020414
MRDS ID DC13186
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Mine
Related records 10227069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.48277, 39.83272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1413
Relative position MINE IS LABELED ON USGS TOPO MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Clay

Analytical data

Result 1976 ASSAY FROM STOPE ON 50 FT. LEVEL NW OF SHAFT: 19.9% PB, 0.2% ZN, 1.5 OZ. AG/T

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomite;Eureka Quartzite
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomite;Eureka Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including Ane Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N3E
    Dip 53 EAST
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT AND 2 LEVELS, AND A PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    PERRY, 1976, OPEN FILE REPORT #22: UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references