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Marble Mtn. Quarry

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043270
MRDS ID M061876
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Mtn. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Rogue River Lime, Ideal Cement Co.
Related records 10225836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46032, 42.3351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 006W 19 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 95 - 97 % CACO3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.46032, 42.3351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campman Calcite Co., Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period 1924-1967
    Material LIMESTONE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^55.3 Cao
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaO Calcium Calcium 55wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1938
    Total resources 22675000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Limestone, High Calcium CaCo3 95 wt-pct Limestone Major 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 251

  • Deposit

    HODGE, E.T., 1938, LIMESTONES OF THE NORTHWEST STATES, SEC. 3, IN US ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS; MARKET FOR COLUMBIA RIVER HYDROELECTRIC POWER USING NORTHWEST MINERALS; PORTLAND, OREGON, VOL. 1, P

  • Reserve-Resource

    HODGE (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX LENSES; LARGEST MEASURES 50 X 500 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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