La Sal Incline

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088025
MRDS ID DB00187
MAS/MILS ID 490370492
Record type Site
Current site name La Sal Incline
Related records 10252026

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.23528, 38.31167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.65 MILES E FROM CROSSROADS IN TOWN OF LA SAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 024E 1 SW SW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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

Main Entrance (1) -109.23528, 38.31167

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradox District, La Sal Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE PRODUCING; EXTENSIVE DRILLING ABOUT MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IN FULL PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILE CRIB 37-LA SAL-12

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management
Editor 2011-10-31 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10252026
Reporter 1983-11-18 Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey 0490370492 = 10252026

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/02/2023
MSHA mine ID4200769
Mine name (MSHA)La Sal Complex
Current operatorEFR Colorado Plateau LLC
Current controller (parent)Energy Fuels Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references