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Pickett Co. Hwy. Dept. Pit No. 164

Producer in Pickett 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 10025461
MRDS ID K001334
Record type Site
Current site name Pickett Co. Hwy. Dept. Pit No. 164
Related records 10227473

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.1805, 36.58425 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Relative position THREE-QUARTER MILE EAST-NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pickett(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byrdstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tompkinsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Pickett

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 Monteagle Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Monteagle Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1933

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickett Co. Highway Department
    Home office P. O. Box 55, Byrdstown, Tn. 38549
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Jolly And John F. Amonett
    Home office Byrdstown, Tn. 38549

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE STONE.

Comments on development

  • OPENED 1933 BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL LIME AND GENERAL PURPOSE AGGREGATE TAKEN OVER BY HWY. DEPT. IN 1935

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: FEB. 22 , 1973 . ; 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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