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Locality Name:
Huskon Mines, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1480
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94

mindat Locality ID: 50598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huskon Mines, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Huskon No. 1 Mine (Max Johnson No. 10 - Huskon No. 1 Mine)
Huskon No. 10 Mine (Huskon No. 10 - Yazzie 105 Mine)
Huskon No. 11 Mine
Huskon No. 12 Mine
Huskon No. 14 - Montezuma No. 1 Mine
Huskon No. 17 Mine (Huskon No. 17 Claim)
Huskon No. 2 Mine (Huskon No. 2 - Yazzie No. 101 Mine; Yazzie No. 101 Mine)
Huskon No. 20 Mine
Huskon No. 3 Mine
Huskon No. 5 Mine
Huskon No. 7 Mine (Huskon No. 7 - Yazzie No. 102 Mine; Yazzie No. 102 Mine)
Huskon No. 8 Mine

Latitude: 35°49'47"N
Longitude: 111°21'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.829722222222,-111.35638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cd Cu H O P S U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteClayCopiapiteFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHalotrichite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNonePerovskitePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzSkutterudite
Smectite-vermiculiteWurtziteZippeiteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bieberite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Coconinoite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sabugalite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)22394113764411547
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O22394113764350
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O223943137648,137650,13765367
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)223946137643,137644,137648,137649,137651,13765227770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O223946137643,137644,137648,137649,137651,1376521184
Coconinoite  (*)NoneFe3+2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·20H2O21716111376539
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O223942137645,137653566
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2171611137653382
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2171610717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O223946137643,137644,137648,137649,137651,1376526890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O223941137644409
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)2221962137644,137645123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6223946137643,137645,137648,137649,137651,1376522228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS22221961137645102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4223944137643,137644,137649,1376515591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22239411376455674
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O22394113764928
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2171611137653443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O223941137646129
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O223941137652182
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O223942137644,1376481508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2223945137643,137644,137645,137649,13765117380
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O223941137648182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222394113764439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2223944137643,137644,137649,13765161156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O22394113765287
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O223941137644128
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3223941137644531
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O21716101059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2223948137643,137644,137645,137648,137649,137651,137652,1376532718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O223946137643,137644,137648,137649,137651,137652890
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4223944137648,137652,137653,137654175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000574Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000575Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000576Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000577Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000578Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000579Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000580Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000581Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000582Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000583Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000584Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Giersdorf_00000585Pitchblende (uraninite) ore disseminated through Upper Triassic Sandstones
Mo-00123breccia pipes
Mo-00123abreccia pipes


14 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00123222196222-196K-Ar, U-Pbmaximum limit on any of the ore minerals found within the Chinle Formation   YesFerrimolybdite, Iriginite, Jordisite, Umohoite, IlsemanniteMo11484Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA Wenrich (1986)10.1016/0883-2927(86)90052-1AG1_469maximum age of ore minerals in chinle formation based on Four andesite and dacite cobbles associated with the Chinle Formation near Cameron
Mo-00123a200200200  uraninite  YesUraninite  11484Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA Wenrich (1986)10.1016/0883-2927(86)90052-1AG1_469 
Giersdorf_00000577132124128±4238U-206U uraniniteK-178 YesUraniniteUraniniteU43065Alyce Tolino Mine, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000578223213218±5235U-207Pb uraniniteK-178 YesUraniniteUraniniteU43065Alyce Tolino Mine, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000579148013201400±80207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-178 YesUraniniteUraniniteU43065Alyce Tolino Mine, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000574181161171±10238U-206U uraniniteK-151  UraniniteUraniniteU19006Huskon No. 7 Mine (Huskon No. 7 - Yazzie No. 102 Mine; Yazzie No. 102 Mine), Huskon Mines, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000575217197207±10235U-207Pb uraniniteK-151  UraniniteUraniniteU19006Huskon No. 7 Mine (Huskon No. 7 - Yazzie No. 102 Mine; Yazzie No. 102 Mine), Huskon Mines, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000576730650690±40207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-151  UraniniteUraniniteU19006Huskon No. 7 Mine (Huskon No. 7 - Yazzie No. 102 Mine; Yazzie No. 102 Mine), Huskon Mines, Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_000005801029498±4238U-206U uraniniteK-183a YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000581155145150±5235U-207Pb uraniniteK-183a YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000583166158162±4238U-206U uraniniteK-183b YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000584200190195±5235U-207Pb uraniniteK-183b YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000582117010901130±40207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-183a YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000585830730780±50207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-183b YesUraniniteUraniniteU52997Ramco No. 20 Mine (Ramco No. 20 Claim), Cameron Area, Cameron Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACameronMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis

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