Stud Horse Butte

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097967
MRDS ID DB00667
Record type Site
Current site name Stud Horse Butte
Alternate or previous names Stud Horse Mas 30 1022
Related records 10178980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14157, 37.87416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position AT WEST END STUDHORSE PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneer Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 007E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Bleaching

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES .11 AND 1.92 PERCENT U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Mbr/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14157, 37.87416

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Axis Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 21.34M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION AT SHINARUMP - MOENKOPI CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A. A. Barney, Stud Horse Butte Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. J. Garcia Garfield Mining, John And Hyrum Pollock

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST 151 LBS. U PRODUCED 1973

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE 200 TONS .15 % U

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS 120 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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