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Belfast Rock Products Quarry

Producer in Marshall county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, High Calcium
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025480
MRDS ID K001357
Record type Site
Current site name Belfast Rock Products Quarry
Related records 10275932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.72221, 35.43372 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILE NW OF BELFAST AND ABOUT 0.4 MILE N OF ROCKY POINT CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belfast(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tullahoma(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
Limestone, High Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FROM QUARRY SUPERINTENDENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-97%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.72221, 35.43372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Belfast Rock Products
    Home office Rt. 1, Belfast, N. 37019

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR CONCRETE AGGREGATE AND 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: SEPT. 1 - 2 , 1971 . ; 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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