Cliff Dweller

The Cliff Dweller is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

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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

Name: Cliff Dweller  

State:  Utah

County:  Emery

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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