The Cliff Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,717 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,717 Feet (2,352 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.38, -112.26750
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Cliff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Mine
Secondary: Buckhorn Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U-V Industries, University Club Bldg., Slc, 84111
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Aurichalcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A TRAMWAY WAS USED TO REMOVE ORE FROM LOCATION TO CANYON BEL
References
Reference (Deposit): STOCKTON DISTRICT, 1932, U S GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 173.
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