The Black Jack Claims is a manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,020 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.89889, -112.70889
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Black Jack Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack Claims
Secondary: Morgan-Cromar Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Morgan
Production
Year: 1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44.8 Percent Mn
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40.3 Percent Mn
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Country Rock Strikes Nw, Dips 45 Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Galena
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS CITED BY PARDEC(1921, P. 209-210): BLACK JACK NO. 4 CLAIM, N-S, 6 FT. WIDE, 75 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK NO. 2 CLAIM, N-S, 45 E, 20 FT. WIDE, 30 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK CLAIM, N 35 W, 45 NE, 2-4 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): BLACK JACK CLAIM, 100 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 2, INCLINE SHAFT, ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 3, INCLINE SHAFT; BLACK JACK NO 4., SHAFT, DRIFT, PARDEE (1922); CRITTENDEN (1952, P.43); WORKINGS NOT VISTED BY UGMS DURING 1982 FIELD WORK.
Comment (Development): USBM WORK- METALLURGICAL SAMPLING, TESTING
References
Reference (Deposit): BATTY, J.V., AND R. HAVENS, 1952, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM BLACK ROCK, KRAMER, AND MORGAN-CROMAR PROPERTTICS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: USBM RI 4818
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR, 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 41-43.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL 725-C, P. 209-210.
Reference (Production): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1952, P. 43
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