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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089148
MRDS ID W013242
MAS/MILS ID 0160310083
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.70947, 42.36411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position ABOUT 3 1/2 MI SE OF HAZEL; 12 1/2 MI SSE OF BURLEY CITY CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Harrison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012S 023E 24 W2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Silicate Minerals

Analytical data

Result 0.50 - 0.77% INSOLUBLE (SILICA)
Result 97.4% CACO3
Result 1.05 - 1.38% MGCO3
Result 0.14% FE OXIDE
Result 0.09% AL OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Harrison Series-Marble, Quartzite
    Rock description Harrison Series-Marble, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.70947, 42.36411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG NW
    Thickness 30.48M

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 Albion Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Marble Bed May Be Traced For Miles. Impure Gneissic Marble Strikes N 20 Deg E And Dips 30 Deg Se

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

Beyond USGS

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

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