The Cliff Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,949 Feet (2,423 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.38139, -112.26222
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Cliff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Mine
Secondary: Buckhorn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: U. V. Industries
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Owner Name: Mecca Mining Co.
Home Office: 704 Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
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: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PRIOR TO WW I: PB-13 TO 15 PERCENT, CU SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 1 PERCENT, 8 OZ. AG/TON, 25 CENTS AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GANGUE: DIOPSIDE, ANDRADITE, EPIDOTE AND TREMOLITE
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTIVE CLAIMS WERE BUCKHORN, EIGTH OF JANUARY, TRAFALGAR, TOMAHAWK AND CORNING; PRODUCTION IN EARLY DAYS OF DISTRICT THEN IDLE, PRODUCED 1905-1920. ORE REMOVED BY AERIAL TRAMWAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNT OF ZINC ORE SHIPPED
Comment (Production): PROBABLE PRODUCTION OF 2 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE
Comment (Development): WORKED WITH HIDDEN TREASURE SINCE 1918, UNDER LEASE TO D.W. LYNCH IN 1926 AND 1927
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT MASSES ALONG FISSURES IN MADISON LIMESTONE AND REPLACEMENT AND FISSURE ORE ALONG THE CLIFF FAULT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY THREE TUNNELS: UPPER IS 800 FT LONG WITH 1,400 FOOT MAIN DRIFT, MIDDLE IS 1,450 FEET LONG WITH 1,600 FOOT MAIN DRIFT AND LOWER IS 2,100 FEET LONG WITH 700 FOOT MAIN DRIFT. DRIFTS RUN WESTWARD IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE CLIFF FAULT. MIDDLE LEVEL CONNECTED TO HIDDEN TREASURE MINE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 143-144.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379-380.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, 1917 AND 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 143.
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