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Felker Pit

Producer in Giles 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025622
MRDS ID K001524
Record type Site
Current site name Felker Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.20333, 35.19344 (WGS84)
Elevation 277
Relative position 1.75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BODENHAM, TENNESSEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodenham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Elk(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Giles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.20333, 35.19344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Giles County Highway Department
    Home office Box 285, Pulaski, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner James S. Felker
    Home office 3821 East Ridge Drive, Nashville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - NONE. PAVING AND FILL GRAVEL.

Comments on development

  • OPERATION BEGAN LATE IN 1972

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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