Mine detail: Cliff Mine

Previously called 'Buckhorn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.38133, -112.26302

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Jarosite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone;Lynch And Jefferson Dolomites
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Oquirrh Mtns., Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidization

References

MRDS	DC12178
DEP	10020017
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 143-144.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379-380.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1916, 1917 AND 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 143.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.