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Bledsoe County Highway Dept. Quarry

Producer in Bledsoe county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106797
MRDS ID K001152
Record type Site
Current site name Bledsoe County Highway Dept. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Pit No. 402
Related records 10201917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.14327, 35.61816 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Relative position 0.4 MI. NE OF SWAFFORD POND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bledsoe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikeville(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 Bledsoe

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Catheys Limestone, Fossiliferous, Cryptocrystalline
    Rock description Catheys Limestone, Fossiliferous, Cryptocrystalline
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.14327, 35.61816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1971 - 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bledsoe Co. Highway Department
    Home office Pikeville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK: USED AS ROADBASE STONE. THE OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • THICKNESS MINED 70 FT.

Comments on development

  • REPORT OF L60 INCLUDES GEOLOGIC MAP OF SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILICI, R. C., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE PIKEVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, GM 110-SW AND MRS 110-SW

  • Deposit

    1967 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: NOV. 7 , 1974 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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