City Slicker Mine

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

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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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