Highway 127 Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129156
MRDS ID K001373
MAS/MILS ID 0470350005
Record type Site
Current site name Highway 127 Quarry
Related records 10025492

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.03884, 35.769 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vandever(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sequatchie(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.03884, 35.769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crossville Limestone Co.
    ID 4000737
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ethel Parwam
    ID 4000737
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001373

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN BANGOR

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE. ALSO OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1978

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470359009.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/16/1990
MSHA mine ID4000737
Mine name (MSHA)#127 Mine And Mill
Current operatorFranklin Limestone Company
Current controller (parent)Franklin Industries Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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