Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure
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 10105792
MRDS ID W015941
Record type Site
Current site name Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23181, 46.46377 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 1.5 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 17 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RESERVES REPORTED AS LARGE BUT LARGE QUANTITY GRANITIC MATERIAL MAKES QUARRYING EXPENSIVE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23181, 46.46377

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 58 DEG NE
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELT SUPERGROUP - WHITE, FINE, AND COARSE - GRAINED LIMESTONE, GNEISS, SCHIST.

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 Indian Reservation

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BED CUT BY NUMEROUS APOPHYSES, DIKES OR SEAMS OF PEGMATITE AND DIORITE

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

    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

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