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Taylors No. 1 Quarry

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. 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 10025324
MRDS ID K001162
Record type Site
Current site name Taylors No. 1 Quarry
Related records 10275087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.10435, 36.12092 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1.5 MILES EAST OF CLINTON AND 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF LONE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chickamauga Limestone, Medium To Thick Bedded Limestone
    Rock description Chickamauga Limestone, Medium To Thick Bedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.10435, 36.12092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 20 SE
    Thickness 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 FOOT METABENTONITE BED BELOW THE 15 FEET OF SHALY LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Production years 1945 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anderson County Highway Department
    Home office Clinton, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Roxie Taylor

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

    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 BULL. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: DEC. 27 - 28 , 1971 , AND MARCH 24 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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