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Moore County Highway Department Quarry

Producer in Moore county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025469
MRDS ID K001344
Record type Site
Current site name Moore County Highway Department Quarry
Related records 10154654, 10159267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39081, 35.27789 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE W-SW OF LYNCHBURG ON N SIDE OF LYNCHBURG - BOONEVILLE ROAD AND 1500 FEET W OF PRICE BRANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynchburg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tullahoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Elk(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Moore

Comments on the location information

  • WEST PIT AT (X) 1882600 (Y) 322050, WAS OPENED IN 1967 TO SUPPLEMENT PRODUCTION OF EAST QUARRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39081, 35.27789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moore County Highway Department
    Home office Lynchburg, Tn. 37352
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Wilson Beardon
    Home office Rt. 1, Lynchburg, Tn. 37352

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E. AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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