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Porter Brown Limestone Co. Quarry

Producer in Robertson 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 10025445
MRDS ID K001314
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Brown Limestone Co. Quarry
Related records 10299892

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.8786, 36.5298 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE N OF SPRINGFIELD ON E SIDE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 41.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Robertson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springfield North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bowling Green(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Robertson

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • UPPER PORTION MAY HAVE APPLICATION FOR HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result UPPER 30 FT.: CACO3-95.83%
Result MGCO3-1.98%
Result INSOL.- 1.96%
Result FE2O3+AL2O3- 0.20%. LOWER 100 FT.: CACO3-56.80%
Result MGCO3-17.76%
Result INSOL. 23.90%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.8786, 36.5298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Porter Brown Limestone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 40, Springfield, Tn. 37172
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Clinard
    Home office Springfield, Tn. 37172

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • UNEVEN AND VARIABLE LINEAR LENSES OF CHERT; GYPSUM GEODS AND LENSES COMMON

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

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: DEC. 7 , 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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