The Huskon #1 Mine is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.87583, -111.39806
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Huskon #1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Huskon #1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Halos Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspar, Increa Se In Trace Molybdenum Near Ore
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FILLS LOWER PARTS OF SCOURS AND HAS HORIZONTAL SURFACES
Comment (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
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS AS OF 1970
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY OPEN PIT
Comment (Location): ON NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289
Reference (Deposit): BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CON F. P. 164-168.
Reference (Deposit): HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1970
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