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Bradley Limestone Quarry

Producer in Bradley 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025313
MRDS ID K001149
Record type Site
Current site name Bradley Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Dalton Rock Products Co. Quarry
Related records 10251549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.8216, 35.13067 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND AND 0.5 MI. NE OF MACEDONIA CEMETERY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bradley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Cleveland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conasauga(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Bradley

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 72.5%
Result MGCO3 - 5.6% INSOL. - 10.8%
Result FE2O3 + A12O3 - 5.4%
Result S - 0.004%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maynardville Limestone
    Rock description Maynardville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.8216, 35.13067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bradley Limestone Division, Dalton Rock Prod. Co.
    Home office Cleveland, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dalton Rock Products Co.
    Home office Route 6, Dalton, Georgia 30720

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK; BENEFICIATION BY DRY SCREENING. MATERIAL USED FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME, ROADBASE MATERIAL, CONCRETE, ASPHALT. OPERATION OF QUARRY TAKEN OVER BY BRADLEY LIMESTONE CO. IN 1968. THE OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • THICKNESS MINED 130 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: FEB. 1 - 2 , 1973 . ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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