Chapel Hill Plant

Past Producer in Marshall county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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 10025475
MRDS ID K001351
Record type Site
Current site name Chapel Hill Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.70805, 35.60427 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Relative position ABOUT 3/4 MILE N-NW OF WILHOITE MILLS AND 1/2 MILE W OF U. S. HIGHWAY 31-A AND COUNTY ROAD JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farmington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Marshall

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INTERMITTENT OPERATION; INACTIVE IN JUNE 1972; SALES FROM STOCKPILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.70805, 35.60427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Menefee Crushed Stone Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 387, Nashville, Tn. 37202
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eston Garrett

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING

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

Beyond USGS

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