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Sewell Lime Company Quarry

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072126
MRDS ID W015985
Record type Site
Current site name Sewell Lime Company Quarry
Alternate or previous names Lime Mtn.
Related records 10168470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07212, 46.48904 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2.5 MI SW OF GRANGEMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rudo(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 003E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT 11 MILE POST OF HEADQUARTERS BRANCH OF THE RAILROAD; ON S SIDE OROFINO CREEK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.53 TO 1.2% SIO2, TRACE TO 0.17% FECO3, 89.6 - 96.4% CACO3, 1.5 TO 7.1% MGCO3 BY ANDERSON. KOPP ANALYSIS: 43.1% IGNITION LOSS
Result 51.3% CAO
Result 4.1% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07212, 46.48904
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG SE
    Thickness 182.88M
    Length 548.64M

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 State

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 GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 33.

  • 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

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