Studhorse Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055185
MRDS ID RE00248
Record type Site
Current site name Studhorse Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01529, 39.79994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position APPROXIMATELY .65 MI S 62 W OF SPRING IN JUMBO CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W 05 SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON A HILLSIDE ABOUT 900 FT NORTH OF JUNCTION OF JOHNSON CANYON AND STUDHORSE CANYON.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01529, 39.79994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SHORT ADIT, AND DECLINE. DECLINE UNSAFE FOR ENTRY AND SAMPLING.

Comments on development

  • SAMPLING: SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI, 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SATKOWSKI, JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 16-31, FIG. 12, PLATE 4, 14, APPENDIX 10,11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN GREY LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 Mayes, Bea Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.