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Potter Sand Co. #37 Pit

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10025612
MRDS ID K001511
Record type Site
Current site name Potter Sand Co. #37 Pit
Related records 10128974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.0241, 35.93677 (WGS84)
Elevation 570
Relative position LOCATED INSIDE CITY LIMITS OF CROSSVILLE, TENN. 1/4 MILE OFF HWY. 127 SOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crossville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Rockcastle Conglomerate
    Rock description Rockcastle Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.0241, 35.93677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Potter Sand Co.
    Home office Box 566, Crossville, Tn 38555

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 100,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK, BENEFICIATION - WASHING AND SCREENING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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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