The Cactus is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,362 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,362 Feet (1,939 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.4894, -113.29440
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Cactus MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cactus
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: New House
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tintic Lead Co.
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Cobre Mining Co.
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Anhydrite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Goethite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): EMONS, S E, 1905, CACTUS COPPER MINE, USGS BULL 260. P 242
Reference (Deposit): ADJ. DISTRICTS, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 80 (GEOL. ETC.)
Reference (Deposit): REF- BUTLER,B.S., 1913, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF SAN FRANCISC
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