The Old Evergreen Drain Tunnel is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.60889, -111.58694
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Old Evergreen Drain Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Evergreen Drain Tunnel
Secondary: Old Evergreen Mining and Tunneling Company
Secondary: Lower Evergreen Drainage and Transportation Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calc-Silicates
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNKNOWN
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY JUST AN ADIT WITH MINOR DRIFTING
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS EXPLORED CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONES AND A SATELLITIC INTRUSIVE OF THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Reserve-Resource): JAMES, L.P., 1979
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION ON PRODUCTION OR DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT AVAILABLE, BUT PRESUMABLY IS A LOW GRADE, IRREGULAR METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT BODY ADJACENT TO THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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