Evelyn Prospect

The Evelyn Prospect is a zinc, copper, silver, and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,759 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

Name: Evelyn Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.86444, -112.10028

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Evelyn Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Evelyn Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Within Tintic Mountain Caldera


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN WITH IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Comment (Workings): ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS FROM DUMP SIZE; SHAFT INCLINES TO WEST AND PROBABLY CONNECTS WITH ADIT BELOW


References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F;1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.


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