West Incline and Continental Incline

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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Mine Info

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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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