Turner Brothers Quarry

Past Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075860
MRDS ID W022636
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Brothers Quarry
Related records 10225989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.97965, 35.94232 (WGS84)
Elevation 527

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.97965, 35.94232

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001191.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 7-8, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY TURNER BROTHERS STONE COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    INCORPORATED. OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL LOCATED AT THE QUARRY SITE. SANDSTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN CROSSVILLE SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/11/2015
MSHA mine ID4000095
Mine name (MSHA)Turner Brothers Stone Quarry
Current operatorTurner Brothers Stone of Crossville, Inc
Current controller (parent)Howard L Mercer
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (60 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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