San Francisco District

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001641
MRDS ID W002882
Record type District
Current site name San Francisco District
Alternate or previous names Cactus, Hornsilver Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33911, 38.46686 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33911, 38.46686

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name THRUST FAULTING
Structure description THRUST FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1876

Mining district

District name SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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