| Deposit ID | 10055176 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00225 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Happy Jack Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.7147, 39.90438 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1865 |
| Relative position | IN BLAINE CANYON, NEARLY ON THE TOOELE-JUAB COUNTY LINE. ADJOINS BLAINS MINE ON THE SOUTH. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 8W | 35 | SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Iron | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959); |
| Rock description | Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959); |
| (1) | -112.7147, 39.90438 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | 80S |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Discoverer | B.F. Fleiner, P.P. Clark |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Erickson District District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Noranda Exploration, Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00225 |
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6423, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 454-455.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.37 F5> COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63.
USGS 1917, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL CONNECTED LENSES OF SANDY CERUSSITE IN CHLORITIC BEDS CLOSE TO THE E-W FISSURE. |
| Deposit | FAULTING PRODUCED BRITTLE FRACTURING IN QUARTZITE, FLEXURES IN CHLORITIC SHALES (LOUGHLIN, 1920, P. 454). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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