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Cumberland City Quarry

Producer in Stewart county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025439
MRDS ID K001306
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland City Quarry
Related records 10129423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.65113, 36.37759 (WGS84)
Elevation 110
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE SW OF CUMBERLAND CITY ON A HILL ON THE E SIDE OF WELLS CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stewart(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dickson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Stewart

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :FEDERAL (UNCLASS.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Dolomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-55.38%
Result MGCO3-41.94%
Result INSOL. SILI. MATTER-2.20%
Result FE2O3+AL2O3-0.50%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Knox Dolomite, Dol
    Rock description Knox Dolomite, Dol
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.65113, 36.37759
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip VERT.
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Road Materials Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Cumberland City, Tn. 37050
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAIL; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY LEASED FROM TVA

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, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65

Reporter information

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

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