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Chimney Creek Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Nez Perce county in Idaho, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072091
MRDS ID W015934
MAS/MILS ID 0160690061
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Creek Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92633, 46.06626 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 10.5 MI SE OF ROGERSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nez Perce(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limekiln Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Asotin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Nez Perce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 032N 005W 35 SWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S Side Of Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Marble
    Rock description Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92633, 46.06626
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Area Inaccessible; Poor Market; Mbl Has Medium Crystalline Texture And Dresses Easily

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Glerup, M. O., 1960, Economic Geology Of Lime Point Area, Nez Perce County, Idaho: Moscow, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 40 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    Glerup, M. O., 1960, U. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Pullman Quad, Location 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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