Happy Jack

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021243
MRDS ID DC15270
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Jack

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70998, 39.89911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 0.5 MI S OF BLAINE TUNNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 008W 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Kaolin Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.70998, 39.89911

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike E - W
    Dip 80 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED, CRUSHED, AND FAULTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1917

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW INCLINE SHAFT, SHORT DRIFT, 250 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PA 111 , P. 455

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEP. OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 B, P. B 54

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF US (1917)

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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