Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300986
MRDS ID DC12178
MAS/MILS ID 0490450044
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn Mine
Related records 10020017

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.2683, 40.37994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2352
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005 S 004 W 14 NWSESW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.2683, 40.37994

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 20M
    Length 2100M
    Width 300M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N40E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U-V Industries, University Club Bldg., Slc, 84111
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3600M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 350
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • A TRAMWAY WAS USED TO REMOVE ORE FROM LOCATION TO CANYON BEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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