Clifton

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130036
MRDS ID D001361
MAS/MILS ID 0490450223
Record type Site
Current site name Clifton
Related records 10107662

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.75475, 40.50413 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salduro SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.75475, 40.50413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1987
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Consolidated Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Clifton Mining Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1997

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 2816000mt ore
    Total resources 2816000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 456 g/mt Silver Major 1997
    Gold Au 2.37 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P312

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINING HANDBOOK, 1997, P25.

  • Deposit

    "CLIFTON MINING ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF NEW MINERAL STRUCTU-

  • Deposit

    ES..." FROM POINT CAST, 9-29-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSTRUCTION OF THE 200 TONS/DAY PROCESSING FACILITY IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND SCHEDULED STARTUP OPERATIONS MAY BEGIN IN MID- TO-LATE OCTOBER. THE PROPERTY IS APPROX. 5100 ACRES LOCATED ON THE UTAH-NEVADA BORDER. TOTAL PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESOUR- CES ARE CALCULATED AT MORE THAN 444,000 TONS (9-29-97).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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