Evans Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Manganese
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020908
MRDS ID DC14251
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94635, 40.44605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 8,000 FT S 64 W OF NASH SIDING

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001W 27 NW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94635, 40.44605

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
  • General form OTHER

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hot Springs

Comments on the geologic information

  • MARSELL DESCRIBES PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FOSSILS IN THE TRAVERTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer W.S. Evans

Mining district

District name Traverse Range

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. S. Evans

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF TRAVERTINE WERE MADE TO LAYTON, UTAH FOR USE IN SUGAR REFINING; TRAVERTINE WAS ALSO UTILIZED FOR CEMENT

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SMALL PITS EXCAVATED FOR TRAVERTINE; SEVERAL SMALLER PITS WITHIN THE TRAVERTINE PITS MINED FOR MANGANESE

Comments on development

  • LOCATORS OF CLAIM UNAWARE THAT LAND WAS A MILITARY RESERVATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A, P. 34-35.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, S.R., 1948, WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION OF THE EVANS LIME QUARRY: USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 90.3.

  • Deposit

    MARSELL, R.E., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS REGION, TRAVERSE MTNS: THESIS UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    PITCHER, G., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE JORDAN NARROWS QUADRANGLE, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 4, NO. 4, 46P.

  • Deposit

    1963, ECON GEOL., VOL. 58, NO. 1, P. 28-29

  • Production

    WILSON, S.R., 1948.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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