Mine detail: Cactus Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.4894, -113.29553

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Barite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1916-1956

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Slip Planes Are Abundant Within The Brecciated Zone.
Alteration processes:	The Intrusive Has Been Brecciated, Altered, And Mineralized In A Pipelike Fashion.

References

MRDS	DC14169
DEP	10020861
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., 1913 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSIT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PROF PAPER 80 , P. 172 - 178}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S. F., 1904 , THE CACTUS COPPER MINE: USGS BULL 260 , P. 242 - 248}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1910 , ANHYDRITE AS A GANGUE MINERAL: ECON. GEOLOGY VOL 5 , NO. 6 , P. 523}{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.}{Production:: BUTLER, 1913}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)