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Black Jack Mine

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088012
MRDS ID DB00151
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95404, 38.53831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position 2.3 MILES EAST OF MINERAL BOTTOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 018E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Moss Back Mbr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.95404, 38.53831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intermountain Minerals Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clayton Stocks
    Home office Moab, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.209HA
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS BY 4 ADITS. 2 ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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