Black Jack Claims

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055188
MRDS ID RE00253
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Claims
Alternate or previous names Morgan-Cromar Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7097, 39.89883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1835
Relative position EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUTH OF BLAINE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 11S 8W 2 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiarite Or Monzonite Porphyry Dike;
    Rock description Granodiarite Or Monzonite Porphyry Dike;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7097, 39.89883

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Strikes Nw, Dips 45 Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Morgan

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40.3 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44.8 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • BLACK JACK CLAIM, 100 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 2, INCLINE SHAFT, ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 3, INCLINE SHAFT; BLACK JACK NO 4., SHAFT, DRIFT, PARDEE (1922); CRITTENDEN (1952, P.43); WORKINGS NOT VISTED BY UGMS DURING 1982 FIELD WORK.

Comments on development

  • USBM WORK- METALLURGICAL SAMPLING, TESTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATTY, J.V., AND R. HAVENS, 1952, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM BLACK ROCK, KRAMER, AND MORGAN-CROMAR PROPERTTICS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: USBM RI 4818

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR, 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 41-43.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL 725-C, P. 209-210.

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1952, P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS CITED BY PARDEC(1921, P. 209-210): BLACK JACK NO. 4 CLAIM, N-S, 6 FT. WIDE, 75 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK NO. 2 CLAIM, N-S, 45 E, 20 FT. WIDE, 30 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK CLAIM, N 35 W, 45 NE, 2-4 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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