Colorado Lincoln Marble

A new vein of lincoln marble has been discovered and is being quarried at the colorado yule marble quarry uncovering one of the finest white marbles found in the world.

Colorado lincoln marble.

Colorado lincoln marble quarry the detail includes quarry material location stock and so on you can contact the colorado lincoln marble quarry quarry owner colorado stone quarries inc. The town population was 131 at the 2010 united states census. This one is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado. Colorado stone quarries inc 1734hwy 50e delta co 81416 united states 1 970 874 6118 1 970 874 6118.

Calacatta lincoln calacatta golden statuario colorado and aspen grey. These qualities are why it has been chosen for a number of major national and state landmarks most notably the lincoln memorial. The first three are highlighted by a bright white background with veins ranging from gold to gray of varying intensity and thickness. Colorado marble it is the grain of our marble that gives it an appearance of smooth texture a homogeneous look and a luminous surface that polishes well.

Those on the west being the john osgood quarry pit type started in the early 1890s and the present day quarry started in 1905 by the colorado yule marble company inside the mountain. The qualities of marble extracted and made available to the market are. While lincoln himself was carved from georgia marble the gleaming building that surrounds him is all marble marble quarried shaped and polished in rural colorado more than a century ago. It is the grain of colorado yule marble that gives it an appearance of smooth texture a homogeneous look and a luminous surface that polishes well.