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White Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010713
MRDS ID D004619
Record type Site
Current site name White Cliff Mine
Related records 10227345

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55662, 38.43303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position 51/2 MILES NE OF MANDERFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 006W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Torbernite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt Belknap Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55662, 38.43303
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Energy Fuels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1780, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLO -

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, A.E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS:MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P.O. BOX 262, D-ANA POINT, CA, 92629

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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