| Deposit ID | 10014212 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010882 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Roberta Jean Mine |
| Related records | 10142202 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.974, 37.56611 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Relative position | 13.9 MILES S 16 W FROM DOVE CREEK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montezuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 038N | 019W | 08 | W2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -108.974, 37.56611 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cross Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. A. Sitton And Robert Hampton |
| Home office | Dove Creek, Co. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Year | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.17% U308, 1.65% V205 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010882 |
HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.
FINLEY, E.A., 1951, GEOLOGY OF DOVE CREEK AREA, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP OM-120.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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