St George Apex Mine

Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179522
MAS/MILS ID 0490530044
Record type Site
Current site name St George Apex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.76361, 37.02888 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043 S 017 W 06 NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.76361, 37.02888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Coastal Mining Co
    ID 4201124
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1966, BULL. 79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Dale/Mt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/24/1991
MSHA mine ID4201124
Mine name (MSHA)Apex Mine Underground
Current operatorHecla Mining Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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