| Deposit ID | 10027270 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002676 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Huskon #3 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Charles Huscon No. 3 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.3874, 35.82141 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1317 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.7 MI W OF LITTLE COLORADO RIVER, Near Huskon #10 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coconino(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cameron South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Coconino |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 028N | 009E | 12 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.3874, 35.82141 |
|---|
| General form | ELLIPTICAL AND SAUCER SHAPED |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Charles Huskon |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002676 |
KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P 103-159, 202-289.
BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CON F. P. 164-168.
HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.
ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280
KEITH, 1970
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HUSKON #1 & 3 FILL LOWER PARTS OF SCOURS AND HAVE HORIZONTAL UPPE R SURFACES. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002676 WITH RE CORD M030426 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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