Cactus Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178396
MRDS ID DC14169
MAS/MILS ID 0490010140
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Mine
Related records 10020861

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.29521, 38.48936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 027 S 013 W 03 SENWSE Utah

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Notch Peak, Orr, Lamb, Weeks, and Wah Wah Summit Formations

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic
    Interest 60
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre
    Interest 40
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EAST EH 1956 GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MTNS WESTERN UT UN

  • Deposit

    IV OF WASH M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references