Huskon #1 Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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 10027648
MRDS ID M003674
Record type Site
Current site name Huskon #1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39879, 35.87585 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1 MI SSW OF CAMERON AIRPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron North(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 029N 009E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chinle Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 94.49M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Lower Part Of Sandy/Silty Lenses In Scours. Some Pods Near Fossi L Wood. Highest Grade Of Base Of Scours In Carbonaceous Material.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS AS OF 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY OPEN PIT

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003674 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
Deposit FILLS LOWER PARTS OF SCOURS AND HAS HORIZONTAL SURFACES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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