The Lisbon Mine-Rio Algom is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah.
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Lisbon Mine-Rio Algom MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lisbon Mine-Rio Algom
Secondary: Lisbon
Secondary: Lisbon Mine & Mill
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Big Indian Wash Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rio Algom Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1972
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE IS CLOSED AND UNDERGOING RECLAMATION OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS, AS OF 1996.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1995/94 MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P399.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/97, MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MIING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P315.
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