Incline #8 West and #8 Incline Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071415
MRDS ID W014789
Record type Site
Current site name Incline #8 West and #8 Incline Mine
Alternate or previous names Dinosaur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38629, 38.9583 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.4 MILES NORTH 4 DEG. WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 014E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 28, T 21S, R 14E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstones

Analytical data

Result WET ANALYSIS .008 % U3O8 .065 % V2O5
Result 5.328 % U3O8 6.210 % V2O5
Result .014 % U3O8 , .120 % V2O5
Result EU3O8 = 2.028 %
Result 1.04 %, .005 %, .31 %, .052 %, .898 %, .232 %, 2.782 %, 1.113 %, .014 %, 1.338 %, .002 %, .749 %, .151 %, .917 %, .099 %, 2.13 %, 3.191 %, 1.678 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.38629, 38.9583

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments, Saleratus Graben

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE
    Plunge 5 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Paleo Channels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mecham Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1036.32M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS OF THE INCLINE #8 (WEST) MINE AND THE #8 (INCLINE) MINE ARE COMBINED ON THIS DESCRIPTION. EAST HALF OF MINE IS FLOODED.

Comments on development

  • L60, ECONOMIC STUDY (1957) L60 ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL ORE BODIES MAKE UP THE DEPOSIT - AVERAGE SIZE OF THE BODIES IS ABOUT 150 X 50 FEET. THE ORE BODIES ARE USUALLY ELONGATE ALONG PALEOCHANNEL DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

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