Roberta Jean Mine

The Roberta Jean Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Roberta Jean Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montezuma

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 37.56611, -108.97333

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Roberta Jean Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Roberta Jean Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Cross Canyon Area


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: F. A. Sitton And Robert Hampton
Home Office: Dove Creek, Co.
Years: 1956 -


Production

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.17% U308, 1.65% V205


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Four Corners Platform

Type: L
Description: Dove Creek Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite


Comments

Comment (Location): 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


References

Reference (Deposit): HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 282.

Reference (Deposit): FINLEY, E.A., 1951, GEOLOGY OF DOVE CREEK AREA, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP OM-120.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978


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