| Deposit ID | 10020908 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14251 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Evans Limestone Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.94635, 40.44605 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1548 |
| Relative position | 8,000 FT S 64 W OF NASH SIDING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jordan Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004S | 001W | 27 | NW OF SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.94635, 40.44605 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Oquirrh Mtns. |
| General form | OTHER |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| General form | OTHER |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | W.S. Evans |
| District name | Traverse Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. S. Evans |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14251 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A, P. 34-35.
WILSON, S.R., 1948, WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION OF THE EVANS LIME QUARRY: USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 90.3.
MARSELL, R.E., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS REGION, TRAVERSE MTNS: THESIS UNIV. OF UTAH.
PITCHER, G., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS QUADRANGLE, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 4, NO. 4, 46P.
1963, ECON GEOL., VOL. 58, NO. 1, P. 28-29
WILSON, S.R., 1948.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO MANGANESE RESERVES AND ONLY A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF TRAVERTINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | CLIP IS 0 TO 40 RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM DOME STRUCTURES, SMALL DISCONTINUOUS MANGANESE MASSES OCCUR IN THE TRAVERTINE DOMES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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