Evening Claim Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088989
MRDS ID RE00207
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Claim Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02502, 39.81188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 9,700 FT N28E OF STUDHORSE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W 06 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED DUMP SAMPLES YIELDED 0.01 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kanosh Shale;
    Rock description Kanosh Shale;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02502, 39.81188

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Johnson Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer S.S. Worthington
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gash Brothers

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1917 ASSAYUED 24 DOLLARS PER TON SILVER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.067HA
    Overall length 231.65M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 99, PP 62-66

  • Production

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Blackett, Robert, E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.