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Frogge & Williams Limestone Co. Quarry

Producer in Fentress 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106820
MRDS ID K001370
Record type Site
Current site name Frogge & Williams Limestone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.95882, 36.51758 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position ABOUT ONE AND THREE FOURTHS MILE SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER ON WEST SIDE OF ALVIN YORK HIGHWAY; STATE HIGHWAY-127N.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fentress(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pall Mall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fentress

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO2 - 89.86%, MGCO3 - 5.34%, INSOL. SIL. MATTER - 4.04%, FE2O3 & AL2O3 - 0.80%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.95882, 36.51758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frogge And Williams Limestone Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 220, Jamestown, Tn. 37758
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. L. Wright (Estate)
    Home office C/O John B. Wright, Jamestown, Tn. 37758

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 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

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JULY 28 - 29 , 1971 . ; 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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