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Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, 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 10072127
MRDS ID W015986
Record type Site
Current site name Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Orofino Prospect
Related records 10216822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22041, 46.45957 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 2 MI SE OF OROFINO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 002E 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite, Limestone Or Marble, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22041, 46.45957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category Indian Reservation

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH IN LIME, LOW IN MAGNESIA. THE ENTIRE ROCK MUST BE SORTED BECAUSE OF QUARTZ DIORITE SEAMS UP TO 3 IN WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    KOPP, R. S., 1959, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE OROFINO METAMORPHIC UNIT: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 67-70.

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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