Mine detail: Huskon #10 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.76586, -111.34295

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Kaolin, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Smaltite
Orebody form:	ELLIPTICAL AND SAUCER SHAPED
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest Member
Host type:	Mudstone
Alteration processes:	Halos Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspars, And I Ncrease In Molybdenum Near Ore

References

MRDS	M003675
DEP	10027649
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.}{Production:: KEITH, 1970, P.225}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.