The White Marble Mine is a marble, dimension, stone, crushed/broken, limestone, general, and silica mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica
Lat, Long: 33.7925, -113.41250
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White Marble Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Marble Mine
Secondary: White Marble Group
Secondary: Marble Mine
Secondary: Amber
Commodity
Primary: Marble, Dimension
Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Primary: Limestone, General
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sun Landscaping And Supply
Years: 1979 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, CONTORTED, BEDDED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartzite
Ore: Marble
Ore: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Development): QUARRIES WERE OPERATED BY THE U.S. MARBLE CO. FROM 1962-1968, FISHER ENTERPRISES FROM 1969-1970. IN 1971, FISHER ENTERPRISES BECAME THE SUPERIOR COMPANIES. IN 1979, SUN LANDSCAPING AND SUPPLY OPERATED THE QURRIES FOR A BRIEF TIME. IN 1982, VERMONT STONE AND MINERALS LTD. (LANDGROVE, VERMONT) EXPLORED THE DEPOSIT WITH SEVERAL DRILL HOLES. IN 1986, MURCO WALL PRODUCTS EVALUATED THE DEPOSIT AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FINE-GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE USED IN JOINT CEMENT.
Comment (Commodity): WHITE MARBLE WITH LESSER OCCURRENCES OF PINK MARBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 192, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1992, PRESENT AND PAST PRODUCERS OF WHITE CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTS IN ARIZONA, IN HOUSER, B.B., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE TUCSON AREA AND SAN PEDRO VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, APRIL 4-5, 1992, GUIDEBOOK, P. 37-47.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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