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Livingston Limestone Co. East Quarry

Producer in Overton 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025450
MRDS ID K001320
Record type Site
Current site name Livingston Limestone Co. East Quarry
Related records 10275528

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.30022, 36.40065 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF STATE HWY. 42.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Overton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Overton

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-93.31%, MGCO3-2.75%, INSOL. SILICEOUS MATTER - 3.22% FE2O3 + AL2O3-0.70%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.30022, 36.40065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 53.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Livingston Limestone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 83, Livingston, Tn. 38570
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coleman And Copeland
    Home office P. O. Box 331, Livingston, Tn. 38570

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL WAS SUITABLE FOR ROADBASE STONE, CONCRETE, AND BITUMINOUS AGGREGATE.

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, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: MAY 8 - 9 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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