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Copper Jack Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276535
MRDS ID RE00168
MAS/MILS ID 0490450028
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Jack Mine
Related records 10055150

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.5097, 39.91074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 006 W 34 NESW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.5097, 39.91074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 50W
    Length 67M
    Width 1M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Gary Ekker, Jr.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 103M
    Overall depth 42M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75 ORE IS A MINOR OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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