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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 10105619
MRDS ID W013243
MAS/MILS ID 0160310090
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.76587, 42.17431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 7 1/2 MI. SE OF OAKLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(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 014S 023E 28 NWNWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Just S. Of N. Carson Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

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) -113.76587, 42.17431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Marble Is White, Granular, And Distinctly 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 Oakley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al

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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