Blue Jack Mine

Past Producer in Cole county in Missouri, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc
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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184422
MAS/MILS ID 0290510004
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Paul Opel Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.31127, 38.42225 (WGS84)
Elevation 214
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cole(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brazito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake of the Ozarks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Osage(hydrologic unit)

Osage(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Cole

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 042 N 013 W 01 NENW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -92.31127, 38.42225

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 30M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800616
  • Area 26HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 26
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • G-TOB IS A SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA G-ORI HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS ARE ACTUALLY HEATED CONNATE BRINES G-ORE OTHER REFERS TO SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA STRUCTURES DIMENSIONS OF THE ORE BODY ARE ESTIMATES. L-DEF OTHER REFERS TO SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA STRUCTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Missouri

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO MINING INTEREST

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 26HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .99
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 360
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEACH, DAVID J., A STUDY OF THE BARITE-LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    OZARK REGION, PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOUROI-ROLLA, 197

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL MINING AND MILLING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES ARE EVALUATOR ESTIMATES BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA AND CURRENT PRACTICE IN SIMILAR DISTRICTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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