| Deposit ID | 10094234 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000628 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cactus Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.28414, 38.48329 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1939 |
| Relative position | 1/3 MILE NW OF USMM #5 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 013W | 03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -113.28414, 38.48329 |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 10M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Newhouse |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tintic Pb Co. 60%, Cobre 40% |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 64.752HA |
| Length | 3048M |
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000628 |
EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MTNS, WESTERN UTAH: UNIV. OF WASH. M.S. THESIS
MORRIS, H.T., PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUAD, 1979. USGS
STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD: UGMS SS #26
EVERT, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #80
1914 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S. ECONOMIC G. V. 9, #5
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #111
1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, H.T, FRISCO QUAD
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL.AND MIN. SUR.
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.