The Cactus Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.48944, -113.29472
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Cactus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cactus Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Preuss District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Slip Planes Are Abundant Within The Brecciated Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Intrusive Has Been Brecciated, Altered, And Mineralized In A Pipelike Fashion.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE OF ORE IS $3,534,876 .
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS WITHIN A ZONE OF FRACTURE AND BRECCIATION.
Comment (Deposit): EAST OF THE MINE IS A PROSPECT CALLED THE COMET MINE (LOCATION UNKNOWN) WHICH HAS THE SAME TYPE OF MINERALIZATION. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND AN ADIT. ( BUTLER, 1913 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): A 600 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS, A HAULAGE TUNNEL AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, AND A 316 FT INCLINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1913 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSIT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PROF PAPER 80 , P. 172 - 178
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S. F., 1904 , THE CACTUS COPPER MINE: USGS BULL 260 , P. 242 - 248
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1910 , ANHYDRITE AS A GANGUE MINERAL: ECON. GEOLOGY VOL 5 , NO. 6 , P. 523
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 60.
Reference (Production): BUTLER, 1913
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