West Incline and Continental 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015077
MRDS ID DB00083
Record type Site
Current site name West Incline and Continental Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.13179, 38.12749 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position .7 MILES SOUTHEAST 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 36 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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) -109.13179, 38.12749

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 88 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 48.77M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Arch Boyd, Jack Jones, Tom Holmes
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 204.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST INCLINE WORKINGS CONNECTED TO OLD CONTINENTAL INCLINE WORKINGS.

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

    1957 RECON USBM REPORT

  • Deposit

    MC MILLAN, W. D., 1958 , REPORT OF LISBON VALLEY URANIUM: COMPANY'S CLAIMS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Production

    ORAL COMMUNICATION CARL LIPP.; UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORAL COMMUNICATION, CARL LIPP, MINE FOREMAN

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.