The Slick Rock 1 , 2 , 3 is a uranium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,970 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,970 Feet (1,515 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.78667, -109.70833
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Slick Rock 1 , 2 , 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slick Rock 1 , 2 , 3
Secondary: Slick Rock #1, #2, #3
Secondary: Slick Rock
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Thompson District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Larry R. Hixon
Info Year: 1974
Production
Year: 1973
Time Period: Until 1973
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx 0.10 % U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Orebody): Orebody info copied from deleted MAS 0490190106 (= newMRDS 10129945): Strike: N35W Dip: 06S Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Strike And Dip : N35W:06S Date of Last Modification : 790824
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 28
Comment (Workings): MINE CONSISTS OF 1 SHAFT, 3 ADITS, 3 TRENCHES. 500 FT LENGTH WAS AN ESTIMATE. ALL PORTALS, ETC. ARE OPEN BUT NORTHERN MOST 2 ADITS ARE FLOODED.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT'S FILE, USGS
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY, 1973
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, B. M. (see reporter)
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-12-1970
Reference (Deposit): UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 19-THOMPSON-4
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