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Herbert Plant Dredge Operation

Producer in Humphreys 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025651
MRDS ID K001561
Record type Site
Current site name Herbert Plant Dredge Operation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.98864, 36.0212 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position APPROX. 1000 FEET NORTH OF U. S. HWY. 70 ON EAST BANK OF KENTUCKY LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humphreys(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnsonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dickson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Humphreys

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.98864, 36.0212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. G. Bush And Co., Inc., San Gravel Co., Inc., H.O. - 1136 Sec. Ave. N., Nashville, Tn. 37207, F
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK, BARGE, RAILROAD; BENEFICIATION - SCREENING.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING INCLUDES FOLLOWING RIVER MILEAGE ON TENNESSEE RIVER: 85.0-95.3, 96.5-98.3, 101.5-140.0, 141.5-142.9, 143.2-148.7, 149.5-153.6, 155.0-157.8.

Comments on development

  • STOCKPILE ON LEFT BANK KENTUCKY LAKE NEAR TENNESSEE RIVER MILE 100.

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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