Jones Marble Deposit

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032324
MRDS ID M013772
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Marble Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bristol Quarry
Related records 10128699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.33948, 42.22176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 005W 31 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result 99+ % CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.33948, 42.22176

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campman Calcite Co

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE QUARRY LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P.251

  • Deposit

    OREGON GEOLOGY, 1990, V. 52, NO. 2, P. 38-39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMPURE MARBLE WITH SHALE AND SCHIST INCLUSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references