Evans Limestone Quarry

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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Mine Info

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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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