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Slick Rock

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089520
MRDS ID W027245
MAS/MILS ID 490190106
Record type Site
Current site name Slick Rock
Alternate or previous names Slick Rock 1 , 2 , 3, Slick Rock #1, #2, #3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.70833, 38.78667 (WGS84)
Elevation 1515
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position APPROX 6.0 MILES WEST OF TUNNEL ARCH, ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT. Several unlabeled adits and a shaft (labeled "Mine Shaft") on topo in NE4 Sec. 28.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 020E 21, 27, 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Saltwash Member, Morrison Formation
    Rock description Saltwash Mbr., Morrison Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.70833, 38.78667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the ore body information

  • 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologic Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Larry R. Hixon
    Year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period Until 1973
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx 0.10 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M. (see reporter)

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 19-THOMPSON-4

  • Deposit

    HILPERT'S FILE, USGS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-12-1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-08-01 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management
Editor 2011-11-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records.
Reporter 1974-06-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey DC13003 = 10020315
Reporter 1984-02-27 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0490190106 = 10129945

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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