Franklin 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 10299260
MRDS ID K001355
MAS/MILS ID 0470350001
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Mine
Alternate or previous names Crab Orchard Mine, Franklin Limestone Company, Inc.
Related records 10025478

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.86633, 35.9073 (WGS84)
Elevation 343

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ozone(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) -84.86633, 35.9073

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franklin Limestone Co.
    ID 4000087
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K331355.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 20 AND 21, 197

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A.B. HART AND RODES HART.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS MINED FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN MONTEAGLE LIMESTON

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION VERIFIED FROM MSHA 1978

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470359007.

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 01/01/1992
MSHA mine ID4000087
Mine name (MSHA)Crab Orchard Mine and Mill
Current operatorLhoist North America of Tennessee, LLC
Current controller (parent)Lhoist Group
Mine typeUnderground (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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External references