The Evans Limestone Quarry is a limestone, general and manganese mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,079 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: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity: Limestone, General, Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.44611, -111.94556
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Evans Limestone Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evans Limestone Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Limestone, General
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Traverse Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. S. Evans
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
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: Traverse Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER
Form: OTHER
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Calcite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Workings): FOUR SMALL PITS EXCAVATED FOR TRAVERTINE; SEVERAL SMALLER PITS WITHIN THE TRAVERTINE PITS MINED FOR MANGANESE
Comment (Deposit): NO MANGANESE RESERVES AND ONLY A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF TRAVERTINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): LOCATORS OF CLAIM UNAWARE THAT LAND WAS A MILITARY RESERVATION
Comment (Production): SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF TRAVERTINE WERE MADE TO LAYTON, UTAH FOR USE IN SUGAR REFINING; TRAVERTINE WAS ALSO UTILIZED FOR CEMENT
Comment (Geology): MARSELL DESCRIBES PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FOSSILS IN THE TRAVERTINE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): CLIP IS 0 TO 40 RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM DOME STRUCTURES, SMALL DISCONTINUOUS MANGANESE MASSES OCCUR IN THE TRAVERTINE DOMES
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A, P. 34-35.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, S.R., 1948, WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION OF THE EVANS LIME QUARRY: USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 90.3.
Reference (Deposit): MARSELL, R.E., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS REGION, TRAVERSE MTNS: THESIS UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): PITCHER, G., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS QUADRANGLE, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 4, NO. 4, 46P.
Reference (Deposit): 1963, ECON GEOL., VOL. 58, NO. 1, P. 28-29
Reference (Production): WILSON, S.R., 1948.
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