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Craighead Quarry

Producer in Monroe 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 10025426
MRDS ID K001290
Record type Site
Current site name Craighead Quarry
Related records 10178339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.37352, 35.59843 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position MID-WAY BETWEEN MADISONVILLE AND SWEETWATER ON VONORE ROAD, SIX MILES FROM SWEETWATER; AT ROCKVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madisonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

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 > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lenoir Limestone, Calcitic Dolomite;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Lenoir Limestone, Calcitic Dolomite;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.37352, 35.59843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 24.38M

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 Craighead Limestone Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 296, Madisonville, Tn. 37354
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Howell
    Home office Sweetwater, Tn. 37874

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

Comments on development

  • CRAIGHEAD LIMESTONE IN OPERATION SINCE 1957 IN AREA. AT PRESENT LOCATION SINCE 1963.

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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