Divide Incline

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097938
MRDS ID DB00028
Record type Site
Current site name Divide Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14068, 38.13027 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position .6 MILES SOUTH OF WOODS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lisbon Valley(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 030S 025E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.14068, 38.13027

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Displacement Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 48.77M
    Depth to top 48.77M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Jim Anderson
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Recovery Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Mining

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME

  • Deposit

    MC MILLAN, W. D., 1958 , REPORT OF LISBON VALLEY URANIUM COMPANY'S CLAIMS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    CARL LIPP, MINE FOREMAN OF DIVIDE INCLINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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