Roberta Jean Mine

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014212
MRDS ID D010882
Record type Site
Current site name Roberta Jean Mine
Related records 10142202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.974, 37.56611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 13.9 MILES S 16 W FROM DOVE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruin Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 038N 019W 08 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN CROSS CANYON BELOW SQUAW POINT. AIRPHOTOS SUGGEST TUNNEL SITES ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE TUNNEL SITE ON WEST SIDE OF CANYON IN C W2 W2 SEC. 08. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.974, 37.56611

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dove Creek Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cross Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner F. A. Sitton And Robert Hampton
    Home office Dove Creek, Co.
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period -1971
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.17% U308, 1.65% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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