The West Incline and Continental Incline is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.1275, -109.13111
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West Incline and Continental Incline MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Incline and Continental Incline
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Lisbon Valley Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Idaho Mining
Owner Name: Minerals Recovery Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WEST INCLINE WORKINGS CONNECTED TO OLD CONTINENTAL INCLINE WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY DRILLING
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 36 .
References
Reference (Deposit): DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.
Reference (Deposit): WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MC MILLAN, W. D., 1958 , REPORT OF LISBON VALLEY URANIUM: COMPANY'S CLAIMS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Production): ORAL COMMUNICATION CARL LIPP.; UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORAL COMMUNICATION, CARL LIPP, MINE FOREMAN
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