The Cluff Tunnels is a bituminous and uranium mine located in Teton county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Bituminous, Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.7203, -111.29440
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Cluff Tunnels MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cluff Tunnels
Commodity
Primary: Bituminous
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Teton
District: Horseshoe Creek 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.
Administrative Organization: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Big Hole Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.003 % U FROM GRAB SAMPLE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): HORSESHOE CREEK VALLEY
Comment (Workings): CLUFF TUNNEL OPENS INTO THE IDAHO MINE; 1 PIT 10 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): KIILSGAARD, T. H., 1951 , THE GEOLOGY AND COAL OF THE HORSESHOE CREEK DISTRICT, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 92 , 42 P., ATTACHED GEOL. MAP.
Reference (Deposit): VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055 - I
Reference (Deposit): SCHULTZ, A. R., 1918 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE FOR PHOSPHATE AND COAL IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING: USGS BULL. 680 , 84 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WOODRUFF, E. G., BULLETIN 541 - I
Reference (Deposit): 1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 716 - F {{ 1959 RECON J. D. VINE, BULL. 1055 - I
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 92
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