The Copper Jack Group is a copper, silver, fluorine-fluorite, and uranium mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.91083, -112.50861
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Copper Jack Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Jack Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 6 % CU, 1 - 7 OZ/TON A
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF SEC 34
Comment (Deposit): TWO FISSURES FORM A SHEETED STRUCTURE.
Comment (Workings): 140 FT SHAFT, PARTIALLY FLOODED
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED WITH FLYING DUTCHMAN
Comment (Commodity): FLUORITE CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF URANINITE.
Comment (Production): PROD 1929 , AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MAIN GRANITE RK IS IRON STAINED, WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY AND MED TO COARSE GRAIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1929; 1930
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV BULL 110
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