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Crossville Limestone Company Pit No. 48

Producer in Cumberland 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. 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 10025492
MRDS ID K001373
Record type Site
Current site name Crossville Limestone Company Pit No. 48
Related records 10129156

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.02965, 35.77649 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position LOCATED ON ROUTE 127 - 9 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vandever(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sequatchie(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCREENING TEST - PASS #10 - 98.7%; PASS #40 - 68.5%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result TVA ANALYSIS: CACO3-88.69%
Result MGCO3-3.76%
Result MNO-0.012%
Result K2O-0.14%
Result NA2O-0.066%
Result S-0.17%
Result SIO2-4.7%
Result AL2O3-0.87%
Result FE2O3-0.44%
Result IG. LOSS-41.3%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.02965, 35.77649
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crossville Limestone
    Home office Route 127, Box 485, Crossville, Tn. 38555
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ethel Parwam
    Home office 37a Tpu Apts., Cookeville, Tn. 38501

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; 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

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • 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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