Cactus

Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203156
MAS/MILS ID 0490010059
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -113.29521, 38.48936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Location accuracy 10(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 41.2M
    Length 35M
    Width 183M
    Area 64.8HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N55W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 64.8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name New House

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic Lead Co.
    Interest 60
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    Interest 40
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Swell Factor .74
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 363
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.37
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF- BUTLER,B.S., 1913, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF SAN FRANCISC

  • Deposit

    ADJ. DISTRICTS, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 80 (GEOL. ETC.)

  • Deposit

    EMONS, S E, 1905, CACTUS COPPER MINE, USGS BULL 260. P 242

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Salisbury U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references