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Cedar Grove Limestone Co. Quarry

Producer in Giles county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10106807
MRDS ID K001303
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Grove Limestone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.05, 35.14428 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES S OF PULASKI ON W SIDE OF BETHEL ROAD AT TURNEY, JUST S OF ABERNATHY FIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulaski(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPERATION CONSISTS OF TWO QUARRIES ABOUT 200 FEET APART

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-88.95%, MGCO3-7.22%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-3.48%, FE2O3 + AL2O3-0.32%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lebanon Limestone, Limestone;Ridley Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Lebanon Limestone, Lst;Ridley Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.05, 35.14428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 33.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cedar Grove Limestone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 327, Pulaski, Tn. 38478
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. C. Sneed And Mrs. M. T. Holt
    Home office Pulaski, Tn. 38478

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY AND WET SCREENING

Comments on development

  • M.C. WEST CONSTRUCTION CO ASSUMED OWNERSHIP IN JULY 1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E. AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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