Yule Creek Valley

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mountain valley

Yule Creek Valley is a mountain valley in Colorado notable as the historic source of Colorado Yule marble, used in prominent U.S. monuments and buildings.

Aliases (1)

Yule Creek ×2

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain valley →
associatedWith	Colorado Yule Marble Company → town of Marble, Colorado →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
economicSignificance	source of high-quality building stone →
geologicalResource	Colorado Yule marble →
hasIndustry	dimension stone quarrying →
historicalPeriodOfIntenseActivity	early 20th century marble boom in Colorado →
historicalUse	marble quarrying →
historicRole	primary source area of Colorado Yule marble →
knownFor	high-quality white marble deposits →
locatedIn	Colorado → Gunnison County, Colorado →
locatedInMountainRange	Raggeds Wilderness region of the Rocky Mountains →
locatedInProtectedArea	near Raggeds Wilderness →
materialFromValleyUsedIn	Colorado State Capitol → Lincoln Memorial → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier → various prominent U.S. monuments and buildings →
namedAfter	Yule Creek NERFINISHED →
nearestCommunity	Marble, Colorado →
notableFor	Colorado Yule marble quarries →
partOf	Crystal River drainage basin →
state	Colorado →
terrainType	alpine valley →
watercourse	Yule Creek NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marble, Colorado ("Yule Creek") →	hasNearbyFeature
Colorado Yule marble ("Yule Creek") →	namedAfter
Colorado Yule marble →	quarriedAt