Cliff Mine

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

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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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