Sumner County Quarry

Past Producer in Sumner 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 10227298
MRDS ID K001291
MAS/MILS ID 0471650003
Record type Site
Current site name Sumner County Quarry
Alternate or previous names Sumner County Highway Department
Related records 10025427

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.36668, 36.49839 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumner(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethpage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sumner

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.36668, 36.49839

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sumner County Highway Department
    ID 4000093
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001291.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT OCTOBER 20 AND 21,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY SUMNER COUNTY.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE SILURIAN LAURAL LIMESTONE, TH

  • Deposit

    SILURIAN LEGO LIMESTONE, AND THE SILURIAN DIXON FORMATION.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0471659001.

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 05/02/1979
MSHA mine ID4000093
Mine name (MSHA)Sumner County Hwy Dept Sumner Mine
Current operatorSumner County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Sumner County-TN
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references