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Williamson County Highway Department Quarry

Producer in Williamson 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 10025494
MRDS ID K001376
Record type Site
Current site name Williamson County Highway Department Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.87832, 35.90593 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE S. OF FRANKLIN AND 1000 FEET W. OF U. S. HIGHWAY 31.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leipers Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harpeth(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Williamson

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-82.25%, MGCO3-3.21%, CA3(PO4)2-7.32%, FE2O3 + AL2O3-.68%, INSOL. SIL. MATTER-6.56%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Phosphatic Limestone
    Rock description Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Phosphatic Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Williamson County Highway Department
    Home office Columbia Avenue, Franklin, Tn. 37064
  • Type Owner
    Owner Williamson County

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK ; ON SITE MILL.

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: NOV. 15 , 17 , 1972 . ; 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

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