Cactus Mine

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094234
MRDS ID D000628
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28414, 38.48329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 1/3 MILE NW OF USMM #5

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE NN OF SE SEC. 03

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic, Breccia, Contact Meta

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28414, 38.48329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault 2 Miles West Of Mine (N-S) Hidden By Qal

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 10M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIPELIKE BODIES OF BRECCIA, ANGULAR FRAG CONSISTING OF SULFIDE MATRIX. OLIGO GRANODIORITE, PINK-LAV GY, MED GR, PHENO, PERTHITE, ANDESINE, QTZ, HORN, BLOT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newhouse

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic Pb Co. 60%, Cobre 40%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 64.752HA
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MTNS, WESTERN UTAH: UNIV. OF WASH. M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUAD, 1979. USGS

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD: UGMS SS #26

  • Deposit

    EVERT, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S. ECONOMIC G. V. 9, #5

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, H.T, FRISCO QUAD

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL.AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 King, Robert U. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references