The Red Jacket Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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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: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.10083, -113.80972
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Red Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Jacket Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. S. Johnson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: E Dipping Fault Reported To Have Limited Ore
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Mimetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF NW SW N OF SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE
Comment (Production): IN 1926 PB AG ORE SHIPPED.
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 148
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPERS 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH. PHD. DISS., UTAH GEOL.SURV. BULL. 99
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH,: USGS PP 177, P. 148
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