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Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.

Producer in Marion 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025442
MRDS ID K001310
Record type Site
Current site name Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.
Related records 10300207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.72607, 34.99872 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position NORTH OF RICHARD CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Marion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CAD-44.95%
Result MGD-3.92%
Result SIO2-8.76%
Result AL2O3-1.60%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.72607, 34.99872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.
    Home office Richard City, Tn. 37371

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on development

  • PLANT STARTED IN 1907 BY DIXIE PORTLAND CO.; 1926 MERGED WITH PENNSYLVANIAN CEMENT CORP. 1948 CHANGED NAME TO PENN-DIXIE CEMENT CORP.

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: MARCH 11 - 13 , 1975 . ; 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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