The Stud Horse Butte is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.87417, -111.14083
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Stud Horse Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stud Horse Butte
Secondary: Stud Horse Mas 30 1022
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. J. Garcia Garfield Mining, John And Hyrum Pollock
Owner Name: A. A. Barney, Stud Horse Butte Mining
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderate Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES .11 AND 1.92 PERCENT U3O8
Materials
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES ARE 200 TONS .15 % U
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): ADITS 120 FT. IN LENGTH
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AT SHINARUMP - MOENKOPI CONTACT
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 151 LBS. U PRODUCED 1973
References
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 30
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
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