Cliff Dweller

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. 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. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099714
MRDS ID W014828
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Dweller
Related records 10300529

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46962, 38.85803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 5.8 MILES SOUTH 48 DEG WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greasewood Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 013E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 34, T 22S, R 13E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46962, 38.85803

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin Paradox Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description East San Rafael Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES
    Strike N 2 DEG E
    Dip 38 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Paleochannels

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS ARE ON THE STEEPLY DIPPING EAST FLANK OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. THE MOSS BACK IS THIN BEDDED AND WEATHERS SLABBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. V. Cheetle
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edwin Cook

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHALLOW ADITS MAXIMUM LENGTH 75 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL. 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL. 1192

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION IS CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND LOGS.
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION IS AT THE BASE OF THE MOSS BACK IN A CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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