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.

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Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble) canonical 1

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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 NERFINISHED
lithology carbonate rock
marble
locatedIn Colorado
United States
central Colorado Rockies
metamorphicGrade regional metamorphism
metamorphicProcess regional metamorphism of carbonate rocks
parentRock Leadville Limestone NERFINISHED
partOf Leadville Limestone NERFINISHED
quality high-quality marble
regionallyExtensiveIn central Colorado Rockies
rockTypeAfterMetamorphism marble
rockTypeBeforeMetamorphism limestone
state Colorado
stratigraphicUnitType formation

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Yule Marble quarry geologicFormation Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble)