Mt Mount Vernon Quarry

Producer in Monroe 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 10178548
MRDS ID k001319
MAS/MILS ID 0471230019
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Mount Vernon Quarry
Alternate or previous names Craighead Limestone Company, Mount Vernon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.35301, 35.42511 (WGS84)
Elevation 329

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.35301, 35.42511

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 Unknown
    Owner Craig Head Limestone Co
    ID 4000847
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001319.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JANUARY 18, 1973.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMI

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF& CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0471239003.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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 05/03/1985
MSHA mine ID4000847
Mine name (MSHA)Mount Vernon Quarry
Current operatorCraighead Limestone Company Inc
Current controller (parent)John F Sands Sr
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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