Marble Quarry Eoad Conditions

Highsmith archive library of congress it was thought that the marble quarry had played out and the town of marble turned into an.

Marble quarry eoad conditions.

Gates frontiers fund colorado collection within the carol m. To avoid 4wd go redstone on highway 133 to turnoff to marble. 1 marble quarry road marble co 81623 970 704 9002. Marble is looking good.

Yule creek flows into the crystal river which flows through pitkin county before it joins the roaring fork river in carbondale. Winter 2019 2020 on the menu. Colorado stone quarries yule quarry rented a crusher this fall to produce road topping from their marble rock scraps. Turn right onto 3rd street at the intersection where the fire station is located.

The quarry s ongoing road improvements are wonderful thanks quarry and last year s record. Marble colorado stone quarries the operator of marble s famed yule quarry is facing scrutiny and possible penalties from federal and state regulators after an october diesel spill that shut down operations for nearly two months. Information plowing quarry road winter. Cross the bridge over the crystal river and head up marble quarry road for 2 75 miles.

In the fall of 2018 colorado stone quarries which operates the famed yule quarry just outside the town of marble diverted yule creek from its natural channel located on the. The town lies along the crystal river. There are a lot of hiking and biking trails in marble. The trailhead is on your right about 0 25 miles before the marble quarry.

Marble is 45 minutes south of glenwood springs just off colorado 133 on the west elk loop. Army corps of engineers is looking into whether a. Army corps of engineers has determined that the operators of a local marble quarry violated the clean water act when they diverted a tributary of the crystal river to make way for a mining road. From carbondale you can travel south on highway 133 west elk loop scenic byway about 40 miles up the crystal river valley to reach marble.

Colorado stone quarries inc. Marble the u s. Although the quarry sits in gunnison county about 3 miles up county road 3 from the town of marble the relocation of the stream could have downstream impacts in pitkin county. Marble colorado 7 990 ft is a small town in the crystal river valley.

For more about quarry road please see our faq. Introducing the white marble road. According to workers while some of the marble becomes a gravel much of it explodes into a sand like fine.