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Lynchburg Quarry

Past Producer in Moore 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 10025440
MRDS ID K001308
Record type Site
Current site name Lynchburg Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37942, 35.26344 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES S OF LYNCHBURG ON STATE HIGHWAY 50E ON S SIDE OF PITTS BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynchburg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tullahoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Elk(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SALES FROM STOCK PILE - INACTIVE ABOUT ONE YEAR ; IN PAST SUPPLIED STONE TO TVA'S TIMS FORD DAM

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;Catheys Formation, Limestone
    Rock description Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Lst;Catheys Formation, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.37942, 35.26344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Stone Man, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 2098, 3814 Tn. Ave., Chattanooga, Tn. 37409
  • Type Owner
    Owner Raymond Spencer
    Home office Lynchburg, Tn. 37352

Comments on the production information

  • 1971 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING

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

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