Mine detail: West Incline and Continental Incline

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Location: San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.12749, -109.13179
dep_id: 10015077
mrds_id: DB00083
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching In Mudstone
ore_ctrl: Paleochannels
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Sandstone
tectonic: Stable Platform
Year first produced: 1953
disc_yr: 1953
discr: Arch Boyd, Jack Jones, Tom Holmes
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  • Deposit:: MC MILLAN, W. D., 1958 , REPORT OF LISBON VALLEY URANIUM: COMPAN* CLAIMS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
  • Production:: ORAL COMMUNICATION CARL LIPP.; UGMS STUDY - 1973
  • Reserve-Resource:: ORAL COMMUNICATION, CARL LIPP, MINE FOREMAN
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