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Columbia Rock Products Corp. Quarry

Producer in Maury 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025474
MRDS ID K001350
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Rock Products Corp. Quarry
Related records 10178399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.03083, 35.65899 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA ON WEST SIDE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 31

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Godwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Maury

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-88.14%
Result MGCO3-10.43%
Result INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-1.20%
Result FE2O3+AL2O3-0.20%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carters Limestone, Limestone;Lebanon Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Carters Limestone, Lst;Lebanon Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.03083, 35.65899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 14.63M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEBANON LIMESTONE IN LOWER LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Production years 1953 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Columbia Rock Products Corp.
    Home office Pressnell Building, Columbia, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • OPEN QUARRY PRE 1953.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 1609.34M
    Overall width 1188.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND MINE DEVELOPED FROM OPEN CUT. CUTS IN UNDERGROUND - 55 FT WIDE, PILLERS - 45 FT DIAM. WORKING FACES 21 FT HIGH.

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, T.V.A., T.D.G., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORTS: AUG. 31 - SEPT , 1971 , AND JULY 25 - 26 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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