The City Slicker Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.54917, -105.15222
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City Slicker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: City Slicker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta Pass Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Culebra Massif, Culebra Range, Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.6 MR/HR AT FACE. APPARENT ORE GRADES 0.19 % U, 1.95 % V205.
Analytical Data: COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE ASSAYED 0.046% EU3O8AND 0.07% U3O8. A 30-IN. FACE SAMPLE ASSAVED 0.077% EU3O8 AND 0.12% U3O8. 0.13 MR/HR BACKGROUND IN ADIT
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLY ON DIVIDE BETWEEN ABEYTA CREEK AND NORTH MIDDLE CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC 06. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
Reference (Deposit): 10/57 COMPILER ON W. FINCH PUNCH CARD
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.
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