The Cliff Dweller is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.85806, -110.46889
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Cliff Dweller MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Dweller
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell District
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: Edwin Cook
Owner Name: E. V. Cheetle
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: East San Rafael Monocline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION IS CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND LOGS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHALLOW ADITS MAXIMUM LENGTH 75 FT.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSITS ARE ON THE STEEPLY DIPPING EAST FLANK OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. THE MOSS BACK IS THIN BEDDED AND WEATHERS SLABBY.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION IS AT THE BASE OF THE MOSS BACK IN A CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE BED.
Comment (Location): MORE EXACT MERIDIAN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 34, T 22S, R 13E
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL. 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL. 1192
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL: 1239 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
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