The Evans Mine is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.23694, -113.85639
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Evans Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evans Mine
Secondary: Royal Tunnel
Secondary: Lookout, Wedge Fraction No. 2, Delmonte and Durham Patented Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Occurrence
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ochre Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS: THE WESTERN ADIT IS ON THE CREON CLAIM AND THE EASTERN ADIT IS ON THE MONSTER CLAIM. THE CREON ADIT IS CAVED TO WITHIN 10 FT. OF THE PORTAL; THE MONSTER ADIT IS 31 FT. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF PA 177.
Reference (Deposit): USBLM, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5329, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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