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B & B Stone Co. Quarry

Producer in DeKalb 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 10106851
MRDS ID K001591
Record type Site
Current site name B & B Stone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.98552, 35.99453 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE S OF LIBERTY ON W SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 53 AND N SIDE OF ANDERSON HOLLOW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gassaway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee DeKalb

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.98552, 35.99453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1960

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B And B Stone Co.
    Home office Box 127, Liberty, Tn. 37095
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cecil Bottoms
    Home office Box 543, Mcminnville, Tn. 37111

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR BITUMINOUS, CONCRETE AND SURFACE TREATMENT AGGRGATE, AGGREGATE LIME AND RIPRAP.

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: MARCH 7 - 8 , 1973 ; 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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