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Waynesboro Plant

Producer in Wayne 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025454
MRDS ID K001325
Record type Site
Current site name Waynesboro Plant
Alternate or previous names Waynesboro Quarry Universal Limestone Co.
Related records 10154398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.86558, 35.2965 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES W. OF WAYNESBORO AT THE MOUTH OF GUNN HOLLOW ON N. SIDE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 64.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee-Beech(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wayne

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • INACTIVE 10/25/72 - SALES FROM STOCKPILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-85.11%, MGCO3-4.47%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-9.14%, FE2O3-AL2O3-1.30%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Laurel & Lego Limestone
    Rock description Laurel & Lego Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.86558, 35.2965
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 22.86M

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 Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn. 37901
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin Morris
    Home office Rt. 1, Waynesboro, Tn. 38485

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

Reporter information

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

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