Mcminnville Quarry

Producer in Warren county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025497
MRDS ID K001380
Record type Site
Current site name Mcminnville Quarry
Related records 10178679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.77357, 35.62677 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position ABOUT 3.75 MILES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE AND 0.8 MILE EAST OF STATE HWY. 108.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Collins(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Warren

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 92.17%, MGCO3 - 5.10%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER - 2.24%, FE2O3 + AL2O3 - 0.46%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Monteagle Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Monteagle Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.77357, 35.62677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 45.72M

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 The Stone Man, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 466, Mcminnville, Tn. 37111
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burrough - Ross - Colville Lumber Co.
    Home office 301 Depot St., Mcminnville, Tn. 37111

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY AND WET SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

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

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JAN. 24 , 1973 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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