Mine detail: Cactus Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.48329, -113.28414

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Normal Fault 2 Miles West Of Mine (N-S) Hidden By Qal
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline.
Alteration processes:	Limonitic, Breccia, Contact Meta

References

MRDS	D000628
DEP	10094234
Reference	{Deposit:: EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MTNS, WESTERN UTAH: UNIV. OF WASH. M.S. THESIS}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUAD, 1979. USGS}{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD: UGMS SS #26}{Deposit:: EVERT, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1914 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S. ECONOMIC G. V. 9, #5}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, H.T, FRISCO QUAD}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL.AND MIN. SUR.}
Reporter	King, Robert U., Everts, Michael L., Mosier, Dan