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Cumberland Mountain Sand Co. Pit

Producer in Coffee county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10106853
MRDS ID K001613
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Mountain Sand Co. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.89302, 35.38511 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 41, EAST OF GUNN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coffee(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Coffee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Sewanee Conglomerate
    Rock description Sewanee Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.89302, 35.38511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Production years 1956-1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cumberland Mountain Sand Co.
    Home office Hillsboro, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner General Shale Products Corp.
    Home office Johnson City, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-100000 TO 300000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK BENEFICIATION-WATER CLASSIFIER

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., 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

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/22/2011
MSHA mine ID4000786
Mine name (MSHA)RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand
Current operatorRogers Group, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Rogers Group Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1478 m, 0.92 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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