Benton County Plant

Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025316
MRDS ID K001153
Record type Site
Current site name Benton County Plant
Alternate or previous names Holladay Quarry
Related records 10251358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.12225, 35.87177 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.1 MI E. OF HOLLADAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar Tree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 = 85.88%
Result MGCO3 = 4.24%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Decatur Limestone, Fine To Coarse Grained, Very Thick Bedded;Rockhouse Limestone, Coarsely Crystalline, Medium Bedded
    Rock description Decatur Limestone, Fine To Coarse Grained, Very Thick Bedded;Rockhouse Limestone, Coarsely Crystalline, Medium Bedded

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.12225, 35.87177

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn.; American Smelting And Refining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harris Airs
    Home office Holliday, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK; BENEFICIATION BY DRY SCREENING., ON SITE MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • THICKNESS MINED 125 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C. W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SUGAR TREE QUADRANGLE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, GM 21-SE AND MRS 21-SE

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKHOUSE FORMATION AT SOUTH END OF QUARRY IS OVERLAIN BY BIRDSONG SHALE. STONE IS USED FOR AGGREGATE, ROAD METAL, AND AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE. MESA INSPECTION REPORT: MAY 11 - 12 , 1971 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4000098
Mine name (MSHA)Benton County Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (848 m, 0.81 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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