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Black Jack Claims

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041776
MRDS ID M057549
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Claims
Alternate or previous names Morgan - Cromar Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69248, 39.92855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position E SIDE OF BLAINE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 008W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF 25 . INCLUDES BLACKJACK NO. 1 - 4 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation Of Ore

Analytical data

Result 44.85 % MN, 9.6 % SILICA, 3.0 % FE, 0.45 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.69248, 39.92855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rk (Nw, 45 Ne)

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, STREAKS
    Length 9.14M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gangue: Kaolin, Qtz Sand

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1918 AND 1944

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^41 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 41wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • BLACK JACK NO. 4 : 60 FT SHAFT, 40 FT DRIFT. BLACK JACK NO. 2 : 70 FT ADIT, 40 FT WINZE. BLACK JACK: 100 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEPOSIT OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 42

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1921 , DEP. OF MANGANESE IN MONTANA, UTAH, ORE., WASH.: USGS 725 - C, P. 209

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, 1951 , P. 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE, DEPOSIT IS LOOSE FRIABLE, AND CAVERNOUS

Reporter information

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

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

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