Happy Jack Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055176
MRDS ID RE00225
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Jack Mine

Geographic coordinates

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.

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 10S 8W 35 SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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);

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7147, 39.90438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 80S
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Ore Occurs At The E-W Fissure Zone-Chloritic Bed Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • CERUSSITE IS SANDY-GRANULAR REPLACEMENT VARIETY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Noranda Exploration, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • CITED AS A PRODUCING PROPERTY IN 1917, NO FIGURE GIVEN.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT; ASSOC. PITS. PRINCIPAL ADIT WINDS NEARLY WEST FOR APPROX. 250 FT, (LOUGHLIN, 1920, P.454) AND INCLUIDS A SHORT DRIFT. ADIT CONNECTS WITH SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6423, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 454-455.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Production

    USGS 1917, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

General comments

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).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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