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Black Jack

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Iron, Manganese, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020234
MRDS ID DC12839
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack
Alternate or previous names Empire
Related records 10129861, 10227269, 10179102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11329, 39.92551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2123
Relative position 0.6 MILE SW OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS OF THE SHAFT, THE TUNNEL IS AT ELEV. 6,742 FT SE OF THE SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE WAS FOUND 500 FT SOUTH OF THE SHAFT AND NONE WAS FOUND IN THE SHAFT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Spinel Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Limestone Is Metamorphosed

Analytical data

Result MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE (USBM): 19.27 % MN, 17.8 % SILICA, 10.5 % FE, 17.5 % AL2O3, 0.15 % ZN, 0.136 % P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11329, 39.92551
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Fissures (N 45 - 70 E, 70 W To 90 )

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE IRON ORE IS SURROUNDED BY HALLOYSITE CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 8424.37M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,400 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 200 , 300 , 1000 , 1300 , AND 1400 FT; A 2100 FT ADIT CONNECTS WITH THE SECOND LEVEL. TOTAL DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT 23,770 FT. THE IRON WORKINGS ARE 400 AND 500 FT SOUTH OF THE SHAFT. THE FORMER IS A 120 X 50 X 50 FT OPEN CUT AND THE LATTER IS A 369 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W, AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 222

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF THE TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, MD JR, 1951 , MANGANESE DEP OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 52

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 88, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    5) USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1931, PT. 1, P. 164.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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