Dixie Limestone Co. Quarry

Producer in Clay county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025471
MRDS ID K001347
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Limestone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.49134, 36.53758 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position INSIDE CITY LIMITS OF CELINA ABOUT 1/3 MILE S OF STATE HIGHWAY 53 - OBEY RIVER BRIDGE ON W SIDE OF RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dale Hollow Dam(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 Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-79.86%, MGCO3-9.75%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-7.42%, FE2O3 + AL2O3-2.92%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.49134, 36.53758

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 Dixie Limestone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 316, Celina, Tn. 38551
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Clark
    Home office Celina, Tn. 38551

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING . MATERIAL FOR AGGREGATE LIME AND CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE.

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

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.