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Black Marble Quarry

Producer in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032854
MRDS ID M014630
Record type Site
Current site name Black Marble Quarry
Alternate or previous names N W Lime Co
Related records 10225380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.35353, 45.37347 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Joseph Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wallowa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002S 044E 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN REFERENCE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.35353, 45.37347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 10 SW
    Thickness 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northwest Lime Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION UP TO JUNE, 1931 , WAS 7,000 TONS OF LIME. SMALL OUTPUT IN 1953-1955 (35000TONS IN 1953) WAS USED FOR CARBIDE AND AG LIME PRODUCTION BY PACIFIC CARBIDE AND ALLOYS CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE IS DENSE SOOTY BLACK MARKED BY SCATTERED WHITE SPLOTCHES. 1 - 6 FEET THICK BEDS; WELL-BEDDED.
Deposit CONSV. RECORD (M014631) AND (M014630) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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