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Ralph Rodgers and Co. Quarry - Oak Ridge

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025320
MRDS ID K001157
Record type Site
Current site name Ralph Rodgers and Co. Quarry - Oak Ridge
Alternate or previous names Oak Ridge Quarry
Related records 10154443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.19269, 36.01509 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position UNION VALLEY ROAD, OAK RIDGE, ONE MILE SOUTH OF CLINCH RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oak Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clinch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Anderson

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Maynardville Limestone, Med To Thick Bedded Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite, Med To Thick Bedded Dolomite
    Rock description Maynardville Lst, Med To Thick Bedded Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite, Med To Thick Bedded Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.19269, 36.01509
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG. E
    Dip 50 DEG. SE
    Thickness 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATION CONTACT ALONG BASE OF SOUTHEAST QUARRY WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1963 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ralph Rogers And Co., Inc.
    Home office Nashville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK; BENEFICIATION-DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL

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 OCCASIONAL SHALE ZONES FROM 0.5 INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET THICK. SMALL CALCITE FILLED VUGS; SOME BLACK CHERT AS LAYERS SEVERAL INCHES THICK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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