Crossville Mine

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 10202506
MRDS ID W022637
MAS/MILS ID 0470350015
Record type Site
Current site name Crossville Mine
Related records 10075861

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.88323, 35.914 (WGS84)
Elevation 520
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(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) -84.88323, 35.914

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franklin Limestone Co.
    ID 4002717
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 9-3-81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470359004.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-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 11/04/1993
MSHA mine ID4002717
Mine name (MSHA)Crab Orchard Quarry
Current operatorFranklin Industrial Minerals
Current controller (parent)Lhoist Group
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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