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Crab Orchard Quarry

Past Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025432
MRDS ID K001298
Record type Site
Current site name Crab Orchard Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.88604, 35.9051 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ABOUT 3,000' SOUTHWEST OF I-40 AT CRAB ORCHARD INTERCHANGE, WEST OF COUNTY ROAD

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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.88604, 35.9051
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hoover, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 7201, Nashville, Tn. 37210
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Kimmer
    Home office Crab Orchard, Tn. 37723

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK

Comments on development

  • SAME OWNERSHIP SINCE 1967. QUARRY STARTED DEC. 1971, QUARRY STARTED DEC., 1971, INACTIVE SEPT. 1972 BUT PLAN TO REOPEN.

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

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 01/01/1992
MSHA mine ID4000087
Mine name (MSHA)Crab Orchard Mine and Mill
Current operatorLhoist North America of Tennessee, LLC
Current controller (parent)Lhoist Group
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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