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The Stone Man Quarry

Producer in Bedford county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10025317
MRDS ID K001154
Record type Site
Current site name The Stone Man Quarry
Alternate or previous names A & R Limestone Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37165, 35.46233 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE AND ON NORTHWEST SIDE OFWHITESIDE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bedford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Normandy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tullahoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Bedford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 = 84.03%
Result MGCO3 = 6.96%
Result INSOL = 7.52%
Result FE2O3 + AL2O3 = 1.52%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carters Limestone, Limestone With Shale
    Rock description Carters Limestone, Lst With Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.37165, 35.46233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER CARTERS AND HERMITAGE BEING STRIPPED FROM WESTFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Stone Man, Inc.
    Home office Chattanooga, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Hurt
    Home office Shelbyville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK; BENEFICIATION BY WET AND DRY SCREENING. PRODUCED CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E., AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.V.A., T.D.G. U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN TO THICK BEDDED WITH THIN SHALE PARTINGS; CRYSTALLINE TEXTURE WITH ABUNDANT FOSSILS ; 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.

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