Yule Marble quarry
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Yule Marble quarry is a historic high-altitude marble quarry in Colorado renowned for producing exceptionally pure white marble used in prominent U.S. monuments and buildings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colorado Yule Marble Company | 1 |
| Yule Marble quarry canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
marble quarry ⓘ |
| beganCommercialProduction | early 20th century ⓘ |
| colorOfMarble | pure white ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discovered | late 19th century ⓘ |
| economicRole | historically important to the town of Marble, Colorado ⓘ |
| elevation | high-altitude quarry ⓘ |
| geologicFormation | Leadville Limestone (metamorphosed to marble) ⓘ |
| grain | fine-grained marble ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | example of early 20th-century large-scale stone quarrying in the Rockies ⓘ |
| hasTransportationHistory |
narrow-gauge rail connection historically
ⓘ
truck haul roads ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | source of marble for major national monuments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Gunnison County, Colorado ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear | Marble, Colorado ⓘ |
| materialProduced |
Colorado Yule marble
ⓘ
surface form:
Yule Marble
white marble ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yule Creek ⓘ |
| notableFor | exceptionally pure white marble ⓘ |
| notableProperty |
high structural strength of marble
ⓘ
low impurity content in marble ⓘ |
| operatedBy | various marble companies over time ⓘ |
| partOf | American marble industry history ⓘ |
| region | West Elk Mountains ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historic preservation interest
ⓘ
industrial archaeology studies ⓘ |
| texture | uniform texture ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building stone
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monumental sculpture ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Colorado State Capitol
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Lincoln Memorial ⓘ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ columns and decorative elements in public buildings ⓘ interior and exterior architectural cladding ⓘ various prominent U.S. government buildings ⓘ various prominent U.S. monuments ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Colorado Yule Marble Company