Slick Rock 1 , 2 , 3

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

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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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