Mine detail: White Cliff Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.43303, -112.55662
dep_id: 10010713
mrds_id: D004619
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Torbernite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Mt Belknap Rhyolite
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Local Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
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.
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