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Eller and Tuttle Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025348
MRDS ID K001192
Record type Site
Current site name Eller and Tuttle Quarry
Related records 10251151

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.08522, 35.88066 (WGS84)
Elevation 582
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE ON SOUTH SIDE OF LANTANA ROAD. 1 MILE EAST OF LANTANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crossville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Sewanee Conglomerate, Sst
    Rock description Sewanee Conglomerate, Sst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.08522, 35.88066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Production years 1957-1973

Mining district

District name Crab Orchard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lantana Building Stone
    Home office Crossville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - RAIL AND TRUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBB, G. W., 1958, THE SANDSTONE INDUSTRY OF THE CROSSVILLE-CRAB ORCHARD DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 33, NO. 1, P. 89-100

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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