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Tennlite Quarry No. 1

Producer in Davidson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Bloating Material
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025234
MRDS ID K000930
Record type Site
Current site name Tennlite Quarry No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.75582, 36.3737 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD 1200 FEET EAST NORTHEAST OF BAKERS STATION ON LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whites Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Sycamore(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bloating Material Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.75582, 36.3737
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nashville Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennlite, Inc.
    Home office Greenbrier, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Jenkins
    Home office Goodlettsville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION - ROTERY KILN; TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE WITH 50 FOOT FACE

Comments on development

  • TWO PITS - EAST PIT OPENED FIRST, BUT PRODUCTION NOW FROM WEST PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF WHITES CREEK QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 307-SE (INPRESS.)

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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