Sneaky-Silver Falls

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

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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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