Lisbon Mine & Mill

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228298
MAS/MILS ID 0490370371
Record type Site
Current site name Lisbon Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Lisbon Mine-Rio Algom, Lisbon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28679, 38.26579 (WGS84)

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 West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(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 029 S 024 E 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.28679, 38.26579

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 41W
    Thickness 2.1M
    Length 1220M
    Width 915M
    Area 0.3HA
    Depth to top 857M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N70W:41W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.2
    Total Surface Area (HA) .2999
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Big Indian Wash Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Algom Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1996
    First year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • MINE IS CLOSED AND UNDERGOING RECLAMATION OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS, AS OF 1996.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 2500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2500000mt ore
    Total resources 2500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.38 wt-pct Uranium Major 1974
    Vanadium V 0.1 wt-pct Vanadium Trace 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6098M
    Overall depth 857M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .69
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1995/94 MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P399.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1996/97, MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MIING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P315.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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