Cataldo Quartzite









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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Cataldo Quartzite is a lilac color when freshly fractures and oxidizes to a light gray.

Texture: Medium grain

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
 Cataldo Quartzite is associated with the Cataldo Member of the Belt Series of northern Idaho and east central Washington.  Primary outcroppings occur from the mouth of Pine Creek (Shoshone County, Idaho) to almost Rose Lake (Kootenai County, Idaho), around Cataldo, Idaho and around Tekoa, Whitman County, Wahsington
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