Orofino Quarry No. 3

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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. 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 10089310
MRDS ID W015942
Record type Site
Current site name Orofino Quarry No. 3
Related records 10265676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25882, 46.48207 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position .5 MI N 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 West(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 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE ROCK CREEK ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result KOPP SAMPLE ANALYSIS: 42.9% IGNITION LOSS
Result 52.9% CAO
Result 1.9% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25882, 46.48207

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 33

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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