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Huskon # 11 Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027185
MRDS ID M002406
Record type Site
Current site name Huskon # 11 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28878, 35.75364 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Relative position 0.4 MI W OF LITTLE COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cameron(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 028N;027N 010E;010E 33;04 S EDGE (33) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Jordisite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Halos Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspar, Increa Se In Trace Molybdenum Near Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28878, 35.75364
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonized Areas Of Paleostream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P.103-159, 202-289.

  • Deposit

    BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CON F. P. 164-168.

  • Deposit

    HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1970, P. 225

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002406 WITH RE CORD M030427 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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