Columbus Incline

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301159
MRDS ID DB00095
MAS/MILS ID 0490370442
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Incline
Alternate or previous names Humbug Mine, Christine Mine, Columbus Mine
Related records 10015088

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.21959, 38.06639 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sop Canyon(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 031 S 025 E 30 NWNESW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.21959, 38.06639

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Uranium Corp.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF.

  • Deposit

    DIX GP JR 1954 URANIUM DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH SAN JUAN CO

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN YW 1954 ORE DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH AREA GUIDEBOOK

  • Deposit

    TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 9 UGA

  • Deposit

    WOOD HB 1967 GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    LISBON VALLEY AREA UTAH IN ORE DEPOSITS OF US GRATON SALES

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK AIME

  • Deposit

    UTAH USAEC RME 4022 REV

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 6-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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