Mack #1 & Mack #2

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011405
MRDS ID D006207
Record type Site
Current site name Mack #1 & Mack #2
Alternate or previous names Also J.S.P. Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02163, 38.6719 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ON THE HILL DIRECTLY S. OF JOY TOWN-SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Rock Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 011W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperoid Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Mt. Laird Tuff;Drum Mtns Rhyodacite
    Rock description Mt. Laird Tuff;Drum Mtns Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone I
    Rock description Limestone I

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Drum Mtns Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joy Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENS LIKE
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Carbonate Beds Along Joy Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spar, Chad
    Home office Delta, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SURFACE SCRAPES.

Comments on development

  • CHAD SPOR OWNS MACK #1 & #2, RONALD HALVERSON IS THE LOCATOR OF THE J.S.P. CLAIMS (MAY 15, 1979)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE CONCENTRATED IN SEVERAL JASPERIOD BODIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. JASPEROID BODIES ARE PROBABLY THE RESULT OF OXIDIZING BY ASCENDING SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE JOY FAULT SYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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