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Crab Orchard Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025347
MRDS ID K001190
Record type Site
Current site name Crab Orchard Quarry
Related records 10226544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.97021, 35.93316 (WGS84)
Elevation 547
Relative position TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF DORTON, BETWEEN MUDDY BRANCH AND ONE MILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(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, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Crossville Sandstone, Sst
    Rock description Crossville Sandstone, Sst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.97021, 35.93316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM LESS THAN ONE INCH TO 4 FOOT OR MORE - 3 TO 5 INCH BEDS ARE ABUNDENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1925 - 1973

Mining district

District name Crab Orchard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crab Orchard Stone Co., Inc.
    Home office Crossville, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oman Construction Co.
    Home office Nashville, Tn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBB,'G. W., 1958, THE SANDSTONE INDUSTRY OF THE CROSSVILLE-CRAB ORCHARD DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 33, NO. 1, P. 89-100

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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