Mine detail: Evans Limestone Quarry

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.44605, -111.94635
dep_id: 10020908
mrds_id: DC14251
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Calcite, Pyrolusite, Wad
orebody_fm: OTHER
ore_ctrl: Hot Springs
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Oquirrh Mtns.
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1914
discr: W.S. Evans
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.
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