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Switchback Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089271
MRDS ID W015409
MAS/MILS ID 0160490793
Record type Site
Current site name Switchback Marble Quarry
Alternate or previous names Harpster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87519, 45.99457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position NEAR SWITCHBACK 4.5 MI E OF HARPSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harpster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 031N 005E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

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 Dark Bluish-Gray Mottled Marble
    Rock description Dark Bluish-Gray Mottled Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Thickness 60.96M

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 Harpster District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Has Exceptional Purity, But Is Dark-Colored

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-OCT-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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