The White Cliff Mine is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.43306, -112.55583
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White Cliff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Cliff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Energy Fuels
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1780, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLO -
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, A.E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS:MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P.O. BOX 262, D-ANA POINT, CA, 92629
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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