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Robertson Pasture Deposit

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078761
MRDS ID W027374
Record type Site
Current site name Robertson Pasture Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.53291, 37.8961 (WGS84)
Elevation 2463
Relative position 4.2 MILES NNW OF INDIAN CREEK GUARD STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 022E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSERVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Saltwash Member, Morrison Formation
    Rock description Saltwash Member, Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.53291, 37.8961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Dip NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Wallace And Pete Bailey

Mining district

District name Monticello District - Abajo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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