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Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070355
MRDS ID W013241
MAS/MILS ID 0160310049
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61587, 42.44571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position BETWEEN ALBION AND DECLO ALONG HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Albion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 024E 23 SWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Upper Part Of Grade Where It Makes Rapid Descent From Range Summit To Plains Below.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Lead Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1.06% INSOLUBLE (SILICA)
Result 94.0% CACO3
Result 4.57% MGCO3
Result 0.21% FE OXIDE
Result 0.19% 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) -113.61587, 42.44571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Albion Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Deposit Opened By Cut, Glory Hole, Short Tunnel And Shaft.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Massive; Bedding Is Hard To Distinguish; Suitable For Monumental And Building Stones

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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