Cluff Tunnels

Occurrence in Teton county in Idaho, United States with commodities Bituminous, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073248
MRDS ID W019212
Record type Site
Current site name Cluff Tunnels

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29521, 43.72022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 9.25 MI W OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garns Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Idaho Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 044E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • HORSESHOE CREEK VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bituminous Primary
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.003 % U FROM GRAB SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Frontier Formation-Sandstones, Shales, Coal
    Rock description Frontier Formation-Sandstones, Shales, Coal
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29521, 43.72022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Cluff

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CLUFF TUNNEL OPENS INTO THE IDAHO MINE; 1 PIT 10 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T. H., 1951 , THE GEOLOGY AND COAL OF THE HORSESHOE CREEK DISTRICT, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 92 , 42 P., ATTACHED GEOL. MAP.

  • Deposit

    VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055 - I

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A. R., 1918 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE FOR PHOSPHATE AND COAL IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING: USGS BULL. 680 , 84 P.

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WOODRUFF, E. G., BULLETIN 541 - I

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 716 - F {{ 1959 RECON J. D. VINE, BULL. 1055 - I

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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