Description
Charles Huskon, A Navajo Indian
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formELLIPTICAL AND SAUCER SHAPED
Ore controlU Concentrated In Lower Part Of Sandy/Silty Lenses In Scours 250 Ft Long By 20 Ft Deep. Some Pods Near Fossil Wood. Highest Grade At Base Of Scours And In Carbonaceous Material.
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane
GangueBarite, Calcite, Gypsum, Kaolin, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Smaltite
Geology
Host rockMudstone · Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest Member
AlterationHalos Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspars, And I Ncrease In Molybdenum Near Ore
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10027649
MRDS IDM003675
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.76586, -111.34295
References
KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CON F. P. 164-168HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.KEITH, 1970, P.225