Cactus Mine

The Cactus Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,450 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

Name: Cactus Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

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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