Murfreesboro Quarry

Producer in Rutherford 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 10227327
MRDS ID K001387
MAS/MILS ID 0471490003
Record type Site
Current site name Murfreesboro Quarry
Alternate or previous names Hoover, Inc.
Related records 10025503

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.32997, 35.8759 (WGS84)
Elevation 186

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lascassas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Rutherford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Stones River Group; Carters Limestone

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 Hoover, Inc.
    ID 4000053
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001387.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS JUNE 12, 1972 AND

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 30, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY JOE MITCHELL HEIRS.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN LEBANON LIMESTONE.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0471499002.

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)

StatusActive since 07/30/1975
MSHA mine ID4000053
Mine name (MSHA)Murfreesboro Quarry & Mill
Current operatorMartin Marietta ALTN Aggregates, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials 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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