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River Road Plant #515

Producer in Davidson 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 10025434
MRDS ID K001300
Record type Site
Current site name River Road Plant #515
Related records 10299190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.91971, 36.1262 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE W OF U. S. HIGHWAY #70 AND RIVER ROAD JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottsboro(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
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 > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.91971, 36.1262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M

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 Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn. 37901
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leland J. Dugger
    Home office Rt. 2, River Road, Nashville, Tn. 37209

Comments on the production information

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

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: NOV. 14 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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