White Marble Mine

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

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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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