Mine detail: Huskon #3 Mine

Previously called 'Charles Huscon No. 3'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.82141, -111.3874

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	ELLIPTICAL AND SAUCER SHAPED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone
Alteration processes:	Halos Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxide, And Sericitized Feldspar; Inc Rease Of Molybdenum Near Ore

References

MRDS	M002676
DEP	10027270
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.