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City Slicker Mine

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101945
MRDS ID DC01663
Record type Site
Current site name City Slicker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.15278, 37.54919 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES S 46 E FROM LA VETA PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Veta Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 29S 69W 06 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 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)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 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
Result 0.6 MR/HR AT FACE. APPARENT ORE GRADES 0.19 % U, 1.95 % V205.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.15278, 37.54919
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Culebra Massif, Culebra Range, Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Veta Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Veta Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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