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 10072095
MRDS ID W015940
Record type Site
Current site name Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22041, 46.45957 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 2.5 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 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .25 MI FROM MIDDLE QUARRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLE ANALYSIS: 3.8% SIO2, 0.4% FECO3, 92.9% CACO3, 0.9% MG CO3. KOPP SAMPLE: 42.6% IGNITION LOSS, 51.3% CAO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Massive Coarsely Crystalline Limestone
    Rock description Massive Coarsely Crystalline Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22041, 46.45957

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Thickness 243.84M
    Length 402.33M

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

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.

  • 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.