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The Stone Man Quarry

Producer in Rutherford 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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106810
MRDS ID K001316
Record type Site
Current site name The Stone Man Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.44304, 35.8926 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF MURFREESBORO ON U.S. HIGHWAY 41.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walterhill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Rutherford

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CAO-50.14%
Result MGO-3.12%, SIO2-2.74%, FE2O3-0.20%, AL2O3-0.53%, SO3-0.238%, IGN. LOSS-42.65%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.44304, 35.8926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 35.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Stone Man Quarry, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 2098, 3418 Tn. Ave., Chattanooga, Tn. 37409
  • Type Owner
    Owner General Crushed Stone
    Home office Box 231, Easton, Pa.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JULY 26 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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