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Smith County Highway Department Quarry

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025451
MRDS ID K001322
Record type Site
Current site name Smith County Highway Department Quarry
Related records 10129712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.95496, 36.27065 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE N OF CARTHAGE AND 800 FEET E OF JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 80 AND 85.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carthage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.95496, 36.27065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Smith County Highway Department
    Home office Carthage, Tn. 37030
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugh West
    Home office Rt. 1, Carthage, Tn. 37030

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL WAS SUITABLE AS ROADBASE STONE.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: DEC. 19 - 20 , 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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