Mine detail: Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry

Previously called 'Orofino Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.45957, -116.22041

Resource(N)

Primary:	Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General
Gangue:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite,Schist,Limestone
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite

References

MRDS	W015986
DEP	10072127
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.}{Deposit:: KOPP, R. S., 1959, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE OROFINO METAMORPHIC UNIT: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 67-70.}{Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 3}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.