Cardiff Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227335
MRDS ID DC14132
MAS/MILS ID 0490350206
Record type Site
Current site name Cardiff Mine
Alternate or previous names Cardiff Mining and Milling Co
Related records 10020853, 10203025

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.65389, 40.60824 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002 S 003 E 30 SESW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.65389, 40.60824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 201 P 109-111

  • Deposit

    1916-1923 USGS MIN RES

  • Deposit

    1916-1964 USBM MIN RES

  • Deposit

    1965 USGS MAP 6Q-378

  • Deposit

    1966 USBM MIN YEAR BOOK

  • Deposit

    1963 HEYL USGS BULL 1135-B PL 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references