Colorado yule marble also known as calacatta colorado features a clean white background with thin grey and taupe veining.
Colorado yule marble countertops.
This stone is especially good for exterior interior wall and floor applications monuments countertops mosaic fountains pool and and other design projects.
It was discovered in the 1870s in the small colorado town of marble near the west elk mountains.
Colorado yule is a kind of white marble quarried in united states.
In the same year samples of the marble were taken polished and later appeared in denver but failed to generate interest.
While most marble comes from italy this gorgeous marble is quarried in colorado united states.
First discovered in 1873 it is quarried underground at an elevation of 9 300 feet 2 800 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations.
Updated june 23 2020 a brief history of colorado yule marble by martin cooney colorado yule marble may be found only in the yule creek valley three miles southeast of the secluded rocky mountain town of marble colorado 9 300 feet above sea level.
Yule marble was discovered in the crystal river valley in the spring of 1873 by geologist sylvester richardson.
One quarry in particular the yule creek quarry located in the west elk mountains of colorado yields a clean white marble with a homogeneous texture popularly known as calacatta lincoln that s made this particular quarry an.
First discovered in 1873 it is quarried today inside a mountain at 10 000 feet 3 050 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an.
Yule marble 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.
Including vermont danby and colorado yule.
Although italy or spain might come to mind for most people when asked where the best marble is quarried some of the finest marble comes from right here in the u s a.
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.
George yule for whom the marble was later named was the prospector who rediscovered the marble in 1874.
The quarry is the main source of economy in marble and has undergone extensive openings closures and renovations since its discovery.
Around the 1870s prospectors traveled to the west elk mountains of marble colorado in search of gold and silver.
It also called valley gold vein marble colorado white marble colorado yule white marble colorado yule lincoln marble.
