The Sneaky-Silver Falls is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.73194, -111.09528
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Sneaky-Silver Falls MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sneaky-Silver Falls
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Circle Cliffs
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. And W. Christensen
Owner Name: Hinds Uranium Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sw Flank Circle Cliffs Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.32 % U3O8 , 0.02 % V2O5
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE = 2.15 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY PRINCIPALLY IN LOWER FOOT OF SHINARUMP AND UPPER FEW INCHES OF MOENKOPI FM.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND A FEW DOG HOLES, LONGEST IS 160 FT. LONG.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1967
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH = UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON DAVIDSON BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Production): USBM-MAS 54
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