Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area)

The Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area) is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area)
Secondary: Happy Jack Mine
Secondary: Happy Jack
Secondary: Blue Dike Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Atlas Minerals Corp.
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Bond J And C Ince Mining
Info Year: 1974

Owner Name: Rolly Krabbe
Info Year: 1978

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Antlerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Zippeite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 8

Comment (Orebody): From deleted MAS record 0490370021 = 10252201: Area: 1 HA Length: 183 M Width: 122 M Depth to Top: 0 M Thickness: 1.2 M Strike: N50W Dip: 02W Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Degree of Wallrock Alter. : SLIGHT Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 : CARBONITIZATION Strike And Dip : N50W:02W Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : 0 Total Surface Area (HA) : 1 Date of Last Modification : 780213

Comment (Workings): From deleted MAS record 0490370021 = 10252201: PROPOSED: Type of Workings: Surface Area: 1 HA MAS Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : OPEN PIT Swell Factor : .69 Primary Material Cover : M-HARD ROCKS Percentage : 100 Hardness of Ore : M-HARD ROCKS Max. Pit Slope (degrees) : 90 AND Type of Workings: Underground Length: 1250 M Additional Information: MAS Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34 Swell Factor : .69 Hardness of Rock : SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER Rock Characteristics : ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES Rock Support Chars. : SUPPORTING Mine Support Chars. : TIMBER Avg. Length of Adits (m) : 137 1st Condition of Workings : OPEN Capacity Units : MT COMMOD/DAY Units of Production : $/MT COMMOD Year of Information : 1973

References

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, L. R., AND OTHERS, 1956 , GEOLOGY OF URANIUM AND THORIUM, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAP. 300 , P. 263 - 280 , 281 - 284, 533 - 541 , 651 - 657.

Reference (Deposit): TRITES, A. F., AND CHEW, R. T., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE HAPPY JACK MINE, WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USGS BULL. 1009 - H.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H. AND COHENOUR, R. E., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 21 , P. 150 - 194

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, L. J., 1955 , URANIUM ORE CONTROLS OF THE HAPPY JACK DEPOSIT, WHITE CANYON, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, ECON. GEOL. VOL. 50 , NO. 2 , P. 156 - 169

Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USAEC, RMO 660

Reference (Deposit): 1952 COMPILE USAEC, RMO 566

Reference (Deposit): 1953 COMPILE USAEC RME 33

Reference (Deposit): 1955 COMPILE TRITES, A. F. AND CHEW, R. T., BULL. 1009 - H

Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE TRITES, CHEW, AND LOVERING, P. P. 320 P. 185 - 195

Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE TRITES, THADEN AND FINNEL, BULL. 1125

Reference (Production): UGMS URANIUM STUDY, 1973

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

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