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Seattle Bar Marble

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043285
MRDS ID M061912
Record type Site
Current site name Seattle Bar Marble
Related records 10201293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15086, 42.01622 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 004W 02 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW & SW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

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) -123.15086, 42.01622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID
    Width 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1946-1961
    Material LIMESTONE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^97-99 Caco3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaCO3 Limestone, General Limestone 98wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY, BAGGING PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1969, P. 251.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX LENSES EXPOSED FOR 1 MILE ALONG STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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