Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble)

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Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble) is a Mississippian-age carbonate rock unit in the central Colorado Rockies that has been regionally metamorphosed into high-quality marble.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian-age geologic formation ⓘ
marble ⓘ
metamorphosed carbonate rock unit ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf calcite ⓘ
carbonate minerals ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicUse construction stone ⓘ
decorative stone ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ
geologicAge Mississippian ⓘ
geologicSetting Rocky Mountains ⓘ
lithology carbonate rock ⓘ
marble ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
United States ⓘ
central Colorado Rockies ⓘ
metamorphicGrade regional metamorphism ⓘ
metamorphicProcess regional metamorphism of carbonate rocks ⓘ
parentRock Leadville Limestone ⓘ
partOf Leadville Limestone ⓘ
quality high-quality marble ⓘ
regionallyExtensiveIn central Colorado Rockies ⓘ
rockTypeAfterMetamorphism marble ⓘ
rockTypeBeforeMetamorphism limestone ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitType formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yule Marble quarry → geologicFormation → Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble) ⓘ