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Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070354
MRDS ID W013240
MAS/MILS ID 0160310290
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Quarry
Alternate or previous names Declo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.56197, 42.52131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI E OF DECLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rupert SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010S 025E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At N. End Of Albion Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5.25% INSOLUBLE (SILICA)
Result 87.7% CACO3
Result 4.85% MG CO3
Result 0.79% FE OXIDE
Result 0.66% AL OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Harrison Series-Marble
    Rock description Harrison Series-Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Marble Is Thin - Bedded

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Declo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • Quarry Exposes 15 Ft. Of Beds

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Unsuited For Building Stone

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1931, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 14, 169 P

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1931, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 14, 169 P.

  • Deposit

    Savage, C.N. Distribution And Economic Potential Of Idaho Carbonate Rocks. Id Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin 23, 1969, 60 Pp.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JAN-1989 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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