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Orofino Quarries No. 1 and No. 2

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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 10089311
MRDS ID W015944
Record type Site
Current site name Orofino Quarries No. 1 and No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24795, 46.48487 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position NEAR VILLAGE OF YELLOW DOG (NOW PART 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 002E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup;Belt Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24795, 46.48487
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELT SUPERGROUP - LIMESTONE, CALCAREOUS GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: KOPP SAMPLE: 42.5% IGNITION LOSS; 49.1% CAO, 3.0% MGO

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

    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

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