The Johns Incline is a uranium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,678 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,678 Feet (1,426 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.83833, -109.54694
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Johns Incline MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johns Incline
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Thompsons - Yellow Cat District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Cordero Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Salt Anticline Region
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Pascoite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC 1
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON DUMP AND PREVIOUS STUDIES. ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY AN INCLINE WITH BOTTOM FLOODED.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL RESOURCES FOR THIS DEPOSIT ARE UNKNOWN DUE TO FLOODING
References
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P
Reference (Production): UTAH GEOL AND MIN. SURVEY, 1973 , URANIUM STUDY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977
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