Mine detail: Cliff Dweller

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Location

Lat / long:

38.85803, -110.46962

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	PODS, LENSES
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin Paradox Basin, East San Rafael Monocline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	W014828
DEP	10099714
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.