The Happy Jack Mine is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.90444, -112.71389
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Happy Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Jack Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Noranda Exploration, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1896
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): CITED AS A PRODUCING PROPERTY IN 1917, NO FIGURE GIVEN.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL CONNECTED LENSES OF SANDY CERUSSITE IN CHLORITIC BEDS CLOSE TO THE E-W FISSURE.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): CERUSSITE IS SANDY-GRANULAR REPLACEMENT VARIETY
Comment (Deposit): FAULTING PRODUCED BRITTLE FRACTURING IN QUARTZITE, FLEXURES IN CHLORITIC SHALES (LOUGHLIN, 1920, P. 454).
References
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6423, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 454-455.
Reference (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.
Reference (Production): USGS 1917, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
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