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Rock Hill Plant

Producer in Humphreys 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025321
MRDS ID K001159
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Hill Plant
Alternate or previous names Quarry No. 519
Related records 10226262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.72835, 36.10009 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF MCEWEN AND 2000 FEET NORTHWEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humphreys(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McEwen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dickson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(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 Humphreys

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 86.84%
Result MGCO3 - 5.32%
Result INSOL. SILIC. MATTER - 7.26%
Result FE2O3 + AL2O3 - 0.56%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Warsaw Limestone
    Rock description Warsaw Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.72835, 36.10009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Production years 1935 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn. 37901
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kal-Haun (Estate)
    Home office 611 Franklin Limestone Road, Nashville, Tn. 37217

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAILROAD; BENEFICIATION - DRY AND WET 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

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED BY FRANKLIN LIMESTONE CO. IN 1936 - OPERATED BY VULCAN MATERIALS CO. SINCE 1957. MESA INSPECTION REPORT: APRIL 13 , 1972 . ; 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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