No. 1 Fort Knox Quarry

Producer in Hardin county in Kentucky, 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 10242351
MAS/MILS ID 0210930001
Record type Site
Current site name No. 1 Fort Knox Quarry
Alternate or previous names Osborne Brothers Quarry Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.87806, 37.78316 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vine Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Knox(Army Base)

Army Base ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Hardin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.87806, 37.78316

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 Cen-Ken Stone Co., Inc.
    ID 1500079
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 11/4/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 10/01/1984
MSHA mine ID1500079
Mine name (MSHA)Fort Knox Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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