The Evening Claim Mine is a silver, gold, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.81194, -114.02417
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Evening Claim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evening Claim Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gash Brothers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type: L
Description: Johnson Canyon Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED DUMP SAMPLES YIELDED 0.01 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1917 ASSAYUED 24 DOLLARS PER TON SILVER
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK AT 70 NW, 2 DRIFTS OF 20 AND 40 FT DRIVEN N50E, A 180 FT ACCESS ADIT DRIVEN N40W. ABOVE DESCRIBED WORKINGS ARE FROM AN ADIT DRIVEN ACROSS CANYON IN A DIRECTION OF S30E.
References
Reference (Production): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 99, PP 62-66
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