Slick Rock is a small
unincorporated community
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located in western
San Miguel County,
Colorado
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,
United States
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. Slick Rock sits next to the
Dolores River
The Dolores River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Colorado and Utah. The river drains a rugged and arid region of the Colorado Plateau west of the San Juan Mountains. Its name derives from the Sp ...
and is named for the surrounding
sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
formations.
History
Slick Rock was originally known as Gladel. The Gladel post office opened in 1922, but closed in 1929. The Slick Rock post office opened in 1941, but has since closed.
Slick Rock addresses are now served by the
Egnar post office
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with the
ZIP code 81325.
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See also
*Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
**Bibliography of Colorado
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America
This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado.
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* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
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Unincorporated communities in San Miguel County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado