Bostick Quarry

Producer in Franklin county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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 10025468
MRDS ID K001343
Record type Site
Current site name Bostick Quarry
Related records 10154186

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.04886, 35.24622 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN - ONE HALF MILE WEST AND SE OF PENILE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winchester(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 Franklin

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 86.60, MGCO3 - 4.28%, INSOL. SIL. MATTER - 8.54%, FE2O3 + AL2O3 - 0.54%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.04886, 35.24622

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 Franklin County Highway Department
    Home office Winchester, Tn. 37398
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. W. J. Bostick
    Home office Dechard, Tn. 37324

Comments on the production information

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

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: JUNE 19 - 20 , 1973 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 07/24/2017
MSHA mine ID4000034
Mine name (MSHA)Bostick Quarry
Current operatorFranklin County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Franklin County-TN
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (115 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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